Dendritic pathology and spinal loss in the visual cortex in Alzheimer's disease: A Golgi study in pathology

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 347-354

  Mavroudis, Ioannis A ^a   Fotiou, Dimitrios F ^a   Manani, Marina G ^a   Njaou, Samuel N ^a   Frangou, Domna ^a   Costa, Vasiliki G ^a   Baloyannis, Stavros J ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Golgi method; visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENDRITIC SPINE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPINE DISEASE; STELLATE CELL; VISUAL CORTEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; FEMALE; FOCAL ADHESIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SILVER STAINING; SPINAL CORD; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 79958812874     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2011.553753     Document Type: Article

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