Decreasing myelin density reflected increasing white matter pathology in azheimer's disease - A neuropathological study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 919-926

  Sjöbeck, Martin ^a   Haglund, Mattias ^a   Englund, Elisabeth ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Azheimer's disease; Dementia; Myelin; Optical density; White matter disease

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; FAST BLUE; HEMATOXYLIN; MYELIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARIETAL LOBE; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEPLETION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TISSUE SECTION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 30344446650     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1384     Document Type: Article

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