Classic β-amyloid deposits cluster around large diameter blood vessels rather than capillaries in sporadic Alzheimer's disease

Current Neurovascular Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-294

  Armstrong, Richard A ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Clustering; Diffusion; Frontal cortex; Negative exponential model; Perivascular clearance; Spatial correlation

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ARTERIOLES; CAPILLARIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; SENILE PLAQUES;

EID: 33750709236     PISSN: 15672026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720206778792948     Document Type: Article

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