Decreased vasopressin gene expression in the biological clock of Alzheimer disease patients with and without depression

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 314-322

  Liu, Rong Yu ^a,b   Zhou, Jiang Ning ^a,b   Hoogendijk, Witte J G ^a,c   Van Heerikhuize, Joop ^a   Kamphorst, Wouter ^c   Unmehopa, Unga A ^a   Hofman, Michel A ^a   Swaab, Dick F ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer disease; Circadian rhythms; Human Brain; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN CORTEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034033920     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/59.4.314     Document Type: Article

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