Synaptic slaughter in Alzheimer's disease

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1023-1027

  Coleman, Paul D ^a   Yao, Pamela J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Gene expression profiling; Neurofibrillary tangles; Synapses; Synaptic vesicle trafficking

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNTAXIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SECOND MESSENGER; SPECIES; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0345276572     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2003.09.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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