An immunohistochemical study of centenarian brains: A comparison

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-81

  Itoh, Yoshinori ^a   Yamada, Masahito ^b   Suematsu, Naomi ^a   Matsushita, Masaaki ^c   Otomo, Eiichi ^a  

^a Yokufukai Geriatric Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Immunohistochemistry; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTES; AUTOANTIGENS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; COLORING AGENTS; CONGO RED; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROPIL THREADS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; SENILE PLAQUES;

EID: 0032522508     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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