Locus coeruleus neurofibrillary degeneration in aging, mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-335

  Grudzien, Aneta ^a   Shaw, Pamela ^a   Weintraub, Sandra ^a   Bigio, Eileen ^a   Mash, Deborah C ^b   Mesulam, M Marsel ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Locus coeruleus; Mild cognitive impairment; Neurofibrillary tangles; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

DIRECT YELLOW 7; THIOFLAVINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAU PROTEINS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 33846583006     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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