Relationship between plaques, tangles, and loss of cortical cholinergic fibers in Alzheimer disease

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-75

  Geula, Changiz ^a,c   Mesulam, M Marsel ^b   Saroff, Daniel M ^a   Wu, Chuang Kuo ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid plaques; Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons; Paired helical filaments

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0031964036     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199801000-00008     Document Type: Article

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