The possible role of capillary cerebral amyloid angiopathy in Alzheimer lesion development: A regional comparison

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 417-427

  Jeynes, Brian ^a   Provias, John ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer lesions; Blood brain barrier; CAA; Capillaries; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-17]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-8]; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SENILE PLAQUE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; CAPILLARIES; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; SENILE PLAQUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 33749143872     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-006-0099-z     Document Type: Article

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