Synapse loss is greater in presenile than senile onset alzheimer disease: Implications for the cognitive reserve hypothesis

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 218-227

  Bigio, E H ^a   Hynan, L S ^b   Sontag, E ^b   Satumtira, S ^b   White III, C L ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Atrophy; Neurofibrillary degeneration; Presenile; Senile; Synapse; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL LOSS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; ONSET AGE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; ORGAN SIZE; SENILE PLAQUES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 0036281493     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.2002.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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