Expression of glia maturation factor in neuropathological lesions of Alzheimer's disease

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 572-581

  Thangavel, R ^a   Stolmeier, D ^b   Yang, X ^b   Anantharam, P ^b   Zaheer, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Glia maturation factor; Neurofibrillary tangles; Neuroinflammation; Reactive glia; Tau protein

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; GLIA MATURATION FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN IBA 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; CELL SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; FEMALE; GLIA MATURATION FACTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS; PLAQUE, AMYLOID;

EID: 84866440953     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2011.01232.x     Document Type: Article

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