Stereological analysis of neuropil threads in the hippocampal formation: Relationships with Alzheimer's disease neuronal pathology and cognition

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 334-343

  Giannakopoulos, P ^a,b   Von Gunten, A ^a   Kovari E ^b   Gold, G ^b   Herrmann, F R ^b   Hof, P R ^c   Bouras, C ^c  

^a University of Lausanne Medical Center   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain ageing; Dementia; Neurodegeneration; Tangles; Tau

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPIL THREAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STEREOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPIL THREADS;

EID: 34247882121     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2007.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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