A review of string vessels or collapsed, empty basement membrane tubes

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 725-739

  Brown, William R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; angiogenesis; basement membranes; capillary loss; intervascular strand; leukoaraiosis; retinal blood vessels; string vessels; vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

TRYPSIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEAVY METAL POISONING; IRRADIATION; MACROPHAGE; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECANALIZATION; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; STRING VESSEL;

EID: 77957276752     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-100219     Document Type: Review

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