DNA strand breaks in Alzheimer's disease

Brain Research

Volumn 849, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 67-77

  Adamec, Emil ^a   Vonsattel, Jean Paul ^a,b   Nixon, Ralph A ^c  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Hippocampus; ISEL; Klenow assay; Neurodegeneration; TUNEL assay

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; DNA DAMAGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032734510     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02004-1     Document Type: Article

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