Morphologically distinct plaque types differentially affect dendritic structure and organisation in the early and late states of Alzheimer's disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 377-383

  Adlard, Paul A ^a,b   Vickers, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; MAP2; Microtubules; Neocortex; Preclinical

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENSITY GRADIENT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; BRAIN; DENDRITES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036946621     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-001-0476-6     Document Type: Article

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