Pathways towards and away from Alzheimer's disease

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 7000, 2004, Pages 631-639

  Mattson, Mark P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; DRUG THERAPY; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

COGNITIVE ABILITIES; NERVE CELLS;

DISEASES;

DISEASE; MEMORY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CALCIUM;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 3943092621     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02621     Document Type: Review

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