Neuron loss from the hippocampus of Alzheimer's disease exceeds extracellular neurofibrillary tangle formation

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 370-376

  Kril, Jillian J ^a,c   Patel, Smita ^a   Harding, Antony J ^b   Halliday, Glenda M ^b  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Hippocampus; Neurofibrillary tangles; Neuron loss; Quantitation

Indexed keywords

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

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036955813     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-001-0477-5     Document Type: Article

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