Neuronal apoptosis in Alzheimer's disease: The role of age-related mitochondrial metabolic competence

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1171, Issue , 2009, Pages 18-24

  Bertoni Freddari, Carlo ^a   Fattoretti, Patrizia ^a   Casoli, Tiziana ^a   Di Stefano, Giuseppina ^a   Balietti, Marta ^a   Giorgetti, Belinda ^a   Perretta, Gemma ^b  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apoptosis; Cytochrome oxidase; Mitochondrial aging; Mitochondrial metabolic competence; Monkey brain

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MESSENGER RNA;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ORGANELLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENETIC PARAMETERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLIC CAPACITY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MONKEY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANELLE SIZE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 69149086195     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04886.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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