Hippocampal synaptic loss in early Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1372-1384

  Scheff, Stephen W ^a   Price, Douglas A ^a   Schmitt, Frederick A ^a   Mufson, Elliott J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Hippocampus; Limbic system; Memory; Synapse

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; STEREOLOGY; SYNAPSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33747760358     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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