Neurofibrillary pathology leads to synaptic loss and not the other way around in Alzheimer disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-238

  Iqbal, Khalid ^a   Grundke Iqbal, Inge ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; TAU PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0036592537     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2002-4313     Document Type: Review

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