Tangles and neurodegenerative disease - A surprising twist

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 17, 2005, Pages

  Tanzi, Rudolph E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[25-35]; DOXYCYCLINE; OLIGOMER; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; GENETICS; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENILE PLAQUE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; SENILE PLAQUES; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 27244459305     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr055003     Document Type: Article

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