A lack of amyloid β plaques despite persistent accumulation of amyloid β in axons of long-term survivors of traumatic brain injury

Brain Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-223

  Chen, Xiao Han ^a,b   Johnson, Victoria E ^a,b   Uryu, Kunihiro ^b   Trojanowski, John Q ^a,b   Smith, Douglas H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein; BACE; Beta amyloid; Diffuse axonal injury; Dystrophic neurites; Human; Kinesin; Neprilysin; PS 1; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE; KINESIN; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; PRESENILIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SENILE PLAQUE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; AXONS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEPRILYSIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PRESENILIN-1; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649120633     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2008.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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