Biondi ring tangles in the choroid plexus of Alzheimer's disease and normal aging brains: A quantitative study

Brain Research

Volumn 832, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 40-46

  Wen, Guang Y ^a   Wisniewski, Henryk M ^a   Kascsak, Richard J ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Biondi ring tangle; Choroid plexus

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CELL INCLUSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEURITIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHOROID PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0033583934     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01466-3     Document Type: Article

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