The molecular biology of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 289-299

  Armstrong, Richard A ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); Disease pathogenesis; Gene mutation; Molecular composition; Neurofibrillary tangle (NFT); Senile plaque (SP); amyloid (A )

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL DEGENERATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 75149142375     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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