Heavy alcohol consumption and neuropathological lesions: A post-mortem human study

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2786-2792

  Aho, Leena ^a   Karkola, Kari ^b   Juusela, Jari ^b   Alafuzoff, Irina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Dementia; Human brain; Post mortem

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; HYPERPHOSPHORYLATED TAU PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; VASCULAR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ALCOHOLISM; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; AUTOPSY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAU PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449472770     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22091     Document Type: Article

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