Glial reaction in aging and Alzheimer's disease

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-28

  Unger, Juergen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Astrocytes; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Microglia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS;

AGING DISEASES; ALZHEIMERS DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; GLIAL CELLS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEINS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MICROGLIA; NEURODEGENERATIVE; SPECIFIC AREAS;

PROTEINS;

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MICROGLIA; NEOCORTEX; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0032190996     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19981001)43:1<24::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Review

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