Histochemically-reactive zinc in amyloid plaques, angiopathy, and degenerating neurons of Alzheimer's diseased brains

Brain Research

Volumn 852, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 274-278

  Suh, Sang Won ^a,b,c   Jensen, Knud B ^b   Jensen, Morten S ^b   Silva, David S ^a   Kesslak, Patrick J ^d   Danscher, Gorm ^b   Frederickson, Christopher J ^a,b,c  

^a Center for Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NeuroBioTex Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; Neurofibrillary tangle; Plaque; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; TOLUENESULFONAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; SILVER STAINING; STAINING; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINOQUINOLINES; AMYLOIDOSIS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL COUNT; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROPIL; SILVER STAINING; SULFIDES; TOSYL COMPOUNDS; ZINC;

EID: 0033986037     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02096-X     Document Type: Article

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