Non-Alzheimer neurodegenerative pathologies and their combinations are more frequent than commonly believed in the elderly brain: A community-based autopsy series

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 365-384

  Kovacs, Gabor G ^a   Milenkovic, Ivan ^a   Wöhrer, Adelheid ^a   Höftberger, Romana ^a   Gelpi, Ellen ^a,d   Haberler, Christine ^a   Hönigschnabl, Selma ^b   Reiner Concin, Angelika ^b   Heinzl, Harald ^a   Jungwirth, Susanne ^c   Krampla, Wolfgang ^b   Fischer, Peter ^b   Budka, Herbert ^a,e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Synuclein; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid ; Community based; Protein coding; Tau; TDP 43

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NON ALZHEIMER NEURODEGENERATIVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TDP 43 PROTEINOPATHY; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84883457258     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-013-1157-y     Document Type: Article

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