Assessing the cognitive impact of Alzheimer disease pathology and vascular burden in the aging brain: The Geneva experience

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon ^a   Gold, Gabriel ^a   Kövari, Enikö ^a   von Gunten, Armin ^b   Imhof, Anouk ^a   Bouras, Constantin ^a   Hof, Patrick R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b University of Lausanne Medical Center   (Switzerland)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinicopathological correlations; Dementia; Neurofibrillary tangles; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SWITZERLAND; SYNAPSE; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; HUMANS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES;

EID: 33751245916     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-006-0144-y     Document Type: Review

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