Pericapillary haem-rich deposits: Evidence for microhaemorrhages in aging human cerebral cortex

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1656-1667

  Cullen, Karen M ^a,c   Kócsi, Zoltán ^b   Stone, Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Bendor Research Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease and vascular dysfunctions; Cerebral haemorrhage; Endothelium or endothelia; Image analysis; Imaging; Microvessels

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; FERRIC FERROCYANIDE; FIBRINOGEN; HEME; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAPILLARY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAPILLARIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; ERYTHROCYTES; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 28044448943     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600155     Document Type: Article

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