No disease in the brain of a 115-year-old woman

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1127-1132

  den Dunnen, Wilfred F A ^a   Brouwer, Wiebo H ^a   Bijlard, Eveline ^a   Kamphuis, Jeanine ^a   van Linschoten, Klaas ^a   Eggens Meijer, Ellie ^a   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Locus coeruleus; Neurodegeneration; Supercentenarian; Tau

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LOCUS CERULEUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 45049083589     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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