Differential damage in the frontal cortex with aging, sporadic and familial Alzheimer's disease

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 196-202

  Leuba, Geneviève ^a   Vernay, André ^a   Zimmermann, Vincent ^a   Saini, Krishan ^a   Kraftsik, Rudolf ^b   Savioz, Armand ^c  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer; Amyloid; FAD; Frontal cortex; GFAP; Neurofibrillary tangles

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; EPITOPE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ASTROCYTES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES;

EID: 70349435935     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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