Alzheimer neuropathologic alterations in aged cognitively normal subjects

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 376-388

  Davis, Daron G ^a   Schmitt, F A ^a   Wekstein, D R ^a,b   Markesbery, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Argyrophilic grains; Cognitively normal: Dementia; Neuropathology; Neuropsychologic; Vascular lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0032895396     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199904000-00008     Document Type: Article

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