Vascular fibrosis and calcification in the hippocampus in aging, Alzheimer disease, and Down syndrome

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 333-343

  Wegiel, J ^a   Kuchna, I ^b   Wisniewski, T ^b   de Leon, M J ^b   Reisberg, B ^b   Pirttila, T ^c   Kivimaki, T ^d   Lehtimaki, T ^d  

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

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer disease; Amyloid ; Anchorage densities; Down syndrome; Hippocampal sclerosis; Hippocampus; Neurofibrillary degeneration; Vascular fibrosis with calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CELL LOSS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRANULE CELL; HEMIDESMOSOME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL LESION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR FIBROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOWN SYNDROME; FIBROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036947326     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-001-0471-y     Document Type: Article

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