A novel approach for integrative studies on neurodegenerative diseases in human brains

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 226, Issue , 2014, Pages 171-183

  Theofilas, Panos ^a   Polichiso, Livia ^a,b   Wang, Xuehua ^a   Lima, Luzia C ^b,c   Alho, Ana T L ^b,c   Leite, Renata E P ^b   Suemoto, Claudia K ^b   Pasqualucci, Carlos A ^b   Jacob filho, Wilson ^b   Heinsen, Helmut ^d   Grinberg, Lea T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Hopital Israelita Albert Einstein   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Alzheimer's disease; Brain network; Brainstem; Human; Immunohistochemistry; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neuropathology; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE MODEL; ECONOMICS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LOCUS CERULEUS; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RAPHE NUCLEUS; TIME;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RAPHE NUCLEI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84895742412     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.01.030     Document Type: Article

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