Cortical distribution of neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease matches the pattern of neurons that retain their capacity of plastic remodelling in the adult brain

Neuroscience

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 991-1002

  Arendt, T ^a   Bruckner M K ^a   Gertz, H J ^b   Marcova, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Univ of Leipzig and Inst of B   (Russian Federation)

^c BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Degeneration; Regeneration; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GOLGI APPARATUS; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032509720     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00509-5     Document Type: Article

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