Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in patients with frontotemporal dementia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-36

  Ferrer, I ^a,b   Marin C ^b   Rey, M J ^b   Ribalta, T ^b  

^a Hospitalet   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Frontotemporal dementia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033976189     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00937-4     Document Type: Article

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