Commentary: Is Alzheimer's disease uniquely human?

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 553-555

  Finch, Caleb E ^a   Austad, Steven N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Chimpanzee; Gorilla; Life span; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; FORMIC ACID; TAU PROTEIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; APE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHIMPANZEE; GORILLA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEURON DENSITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAUOPATHY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATHOLOGY;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRAIN; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS; OBESITY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84922955306     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.10.025     Document Type: Article

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