A plasticity-based theory of the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 924, Issue , 2000, Pages 42-52

  Mesulam, M Marsel ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid beta precursor protein; Estrogen; Neuroplasticity in AD; Plasticity, neuronal burden of; Presenilins, ApoE

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ESTROGEN; PRESENILIN 1;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SENILE PLAQUE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THEORY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034509333     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05559.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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