Statistical physics and Alzheimer's disease

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 249, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 460-471

  Stanley, H Eugene ^a   Buldyrev, Sergey V ^a   Cruz, Luis ^a   Gomez Isla, Teresa ^a   Havlin, Shlomo ^b   Hyman, Bradley T ^c   Knowles, Roger ^a   Urbanc, Brigita ^a   Wyart, Claire ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISEASES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; SENILE PLAQUES;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 0347145645     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00548-7     Document Type: Article

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