Transneuronally altered dendritic processing of tangle-free neurons in Alzheimer's disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 437-443

  Ohm, T G ^a   Munch S ^a   Schonheit B ^a   Zarski, R ^a   Nitsch, R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Braak staging; Fascia dentata; Hippocampus; Morphometry; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

PARVALBUMIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GEOMETRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PARVALBUMINS;

EID: 0036938668     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-001-0486-4     Document Type: Article

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