The role of cytochrome c oxidase deficient hippocampal neurones in Alzheimer's disease

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 390-396

  Cottrell, D A ^a,b   Borthwick, G M ^a   Johnson, M A ^a   Ince, P G ^b,c   Turnbull, D M ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Amyloid; Apoptosis; Cytochorome c oxidase; DNA; Mitochondria; Tau

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENILE PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0036408915     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.2002.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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