Mathematical modeling for the pathogenesis of alzheimer's disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Puri, Ishwar K ^a   Li, Liwu ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MACROGLIA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ASTROCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ASTROCYTES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650799630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015176     Document Type: Article

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