Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Comparison of the Brain of Human Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and the Brain of Aged Dogs with Cognitive Dysfunction

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-58

  Yu, C H ^a   Song, G S ^b   Yhee, J Y ^a   Kim, J H ^a   Im, K S ^a   Nho, W G ^c   Lee, J H ^a   Sur, J H ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b CJ Corporation   (South Korea)

^c Department of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid beta protein; Cognitive dysfunction; Dog; Neurofibrillary tangle; Tau

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-14]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[8-17]; GLYCOPROTEIN; SERINE; TAU PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PSAMMOMA BODY; SENILE PLAQUE; SIMCHOWICZ BODY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; TAU PROTEINS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79956035555     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: 15323129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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