Stereotaxic injection of IgG from patients with Alzheimer disease initiates injury of cholinergic neurons of the basal forebrain

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 681-686

  Engelhardt, József I ^a,b   Le, Wei Dong ^a   Siklós, László ^a,c   Obál, Izabella ^b   Boda, Krisztina ^b   Appel, Stanley H ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOTAXIS;

EID: 0034065273     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.57.5.681     Document Type: Article

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