von Economo neurones are selectively targeted in frontotemporal dementia

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 572-579

  Santillo, A F ^a   Nilsson, C ^a   Englund, E ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Frontotemporal dementia; Frontotemporal lobar degeneration; Von Economo neurones

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VON ECONOMO NEURONE;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; VON ECONOMO NEURONES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS;

EID: 84880149144     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nan.12021     Document Type: Article

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