Involvement of perineuronal and perisynaptic extracellular matrix in Alzheimer's disease neuropathology

Brain Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 547-561

  Morawski, Markus ^a   Brückner, Gert ^a   Jäger, Carsten ^a   Seeger, Gudrun ^a   Matthews, Russel T ^b   Arendt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggrecan; Astrocytes; B amyloid; Brevican; Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan; Microglia; Neuroprotection; Plaque

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERINEURIUM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRECANS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AXONS; BRAIN; BREVICAN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84862495523     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2011.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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