Mild neuritic changes are increased in the brains of fatally injured older motor vehicle drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1114-1120

  Gorrie, C A ^a   Rodriguez, M ^b   Sachdev, P ^a   Duflou, J ^b   Waite, P M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Central Sydney Laboratory Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuritic plaques; Neurofibrillary tangles; Older driver

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BRAIN; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DISEASES; VEHICLES;

ALZHEIMERS DISEASES; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEURITIC CHANGES; NEURITIC PLAQUES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PATHOLOGY; SENILE PLAQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; SENILE PLAQUES;

EID: 34848820006     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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