Dynamics of plaque formation in Alzheimer's disease

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1330-1334

  Urbanc, B ^a,d   Cruz, L ^a   Buldyrev, S V ^a   Havlin, S ^a,b   Irizarry, M C ^c   Stanley, H E ^a   Hyman, B T ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SENILE PLAQUE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033051263     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77295-4     Document Type: Article

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