Selective cerebrocortical regional, laminar, modular and cellular vulnerability and sparing in Alzheimer's disease: Unexploited clues to pathogenesis, pathophysiology, molecular- and systems-level hypothesis generation and experimental testing

Current Hypotheses and Research Milestones in Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 191-204

  Rodrigo O , Kuljis ^a  

^a Encephalogistics Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84861803602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-87995-6_16     Document Type: Chapter

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