Hippocampal and entorhinal cortex neurofibrillary tangle formation in guamanian chamorros free of overt neurologic dysfunction

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 381-388

  Perl, Daniel P ^a   Hof, Patrick R ^a   Purohit, Dushyant P ^a   Loerzel, Arthur J ^b   Kakulas, Byron A ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Guam Memorial Hospital   (Guam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ALS Parkinsonism dementia complex; Entorhinal cortex; Guam; Hippocampus; Neurofibrillary tangle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUAM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0346033447     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/62.4.381     Document Type: Article

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