Amyloid precursor proteins in the cerebellar cortex of Alzheimer's disease patients devoid of cerebellar β-amyloid deposits: Immunocytochemical study of five cases

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 106, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 1151-1169

  Toledano, A ^a   Alvarez, M I ^a,b   Rivas, L ^b   Lacruz, C ^c   Martinez Rodriguez R ^d  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; APP; Cerebellum; Glial cells; Neurons; Purkinje cells

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; EPITOPE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLIA CELL; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; STELLATE CELL;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; AMYLOIDOSIS; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGLIA; PURKINJE CELLS;

EID: 0033460181     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007020050231     Document Type: Article

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