Stereologic estimates of total spinophilin-immunoreactive spine number in area 9 and the CA1 field: Relationship with the progression of Alzheimer's disease

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1296-1307

  Akram, Afia ^a   Christoffel, Daniel ^a   Rocher, Anne B ^a   Bouras, Constantin ^a,b   Kövari, Enikö ^b   Perl, Daniel P ^a   Morrison, John H ^a   Herrmann, François R ^b   Haroutunian, Vahram ^a   Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon ^b,c   Hof, Patrick R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c Hopital de Cery   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Synapses; Tangles

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; SPINOPHILIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC SPINE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NERVE NET; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 47049111840     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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