Quantitative neuronal c-Fos and c-Jun expression in Alzheimer's disease

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 393-400

  Marcus, D L ^a   Strafaci, J A ^a   Miller, D C ^a   Masia, S ^a   Thomas, C G ^a   Rosman, J ^a   Hussain, S ^a   Freedman, M L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Ammon's horn; Apoptosis; Cerebellum; Hippocampus; Immediate early genes; Immunohistochemistry; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN;

EID: 0032409912     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(98)00077-3     Document Type: Article

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