The extent of neurofibrillary pathology in perforant pathway neurons is the key determinant of dementia in the very old

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-35

  García Sierra, Francisco ^a   Hauw, Jean J ^b   Duyckaerts, Charles ^b   Wischik, Claude M ^c   Luna Muñoz, José ^a   Mena, Raúl ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; AT8; Entorhinal cortex; Hyperphosphorylated tau protein; Neurofibrillary tangles

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERFORANT PATHWAY; PROGNOSIS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0342368728     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051189     Document Type: Article

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