Hippocampal neuronal loss in the CA1 and CA3 areas of Alzheimer's disease patients

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-158

  Padurariu, Manuela ^a   Ciobica, Alin ^b,c   Mavroudis, Ioannis ^d   Fotiou, Dimitrios ^d   Baloyannis, Stavros ^d  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^c Center of Biomedical Research of the Romanian Academy   (Romania)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; CA1; CA4 areas; Hippocampus; Nissl staining

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE HILUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NISSL STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL COUNT; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS;

EID: 84864874844     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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