Stage-dependent and sector-specific neuronal loss in hippocampus during alzheimer's disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-369

  Rössler, Marcus ^a   Zarski, Rosemarie ^a   Bohl, Jürgen ^b   Ohm, Thomas G ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Braak staging; CA1; Morphometry; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STEREOLOGY; SUBICULUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS;

EID: 0036947327     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-001-0475-7     Document Type: Article

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