Alzheimer's disease-related alterations in synaptic density: Neocortex and hippocampus

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 101-115

  Scheff, Stephen W ^a,b   Price, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Limbic; Plasticity; Synapse; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; PRESENILIN 1;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENILE PLAQUE; SYNAPSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84880185901     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jad-2006-9s312     Document Type: Review

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