Astroglial cell subtypes in the cerebella of normal adults, elderly adults, and patients with Alzheimer's disease: A histological and immunohistochemical comparison

GLIA

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 287-312

  Álvarez, María Isabel ^a   Rivas, Luís ^b   Lacruz, César ^c   Toledano, Adolfo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Alzheimer's disease; Astroglia; Cerebellar cortex; Golgi epithelial cell

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CALRETININ; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; CD68 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GLIA; GOLGI COMPLEX; GOLGI STAIN; GRANULE CELL; GRAY MATTER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; MICROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENILITY; STELLATE CELL; WHITE MATTER; AMYLOID PLAQUE; CEREBELLUM; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SILVER STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; ASTROCYTES; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MALE; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; SILVER STAINING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84923117121     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.22751     Document Type: Article

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