Frequency and distribution of TUNEL-positive neurons in brains of dementia with Lewy bodies: Comparison with those in brains of Alzheimer's disease

Neuropathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 272-277

  Katsuse, Omi ^a   Iseki, Eizo ^a   Suzuki, Kyoko ^a   Kosaka, Kenji ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid deposit; Apoptosis; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Down syndrome; Lewy body; Neurofibrillary tangle; TUNEL method

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; DNA FRAGMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS;

EID: 0035704832     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.2001.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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