Braak staging, plaque pathology, and APOE status in elderly persons without cognitive impairment

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 37, Issue , 2016, Pages 147-153

  Mufson, Elliott J ^a   Malek Ahmadi, Michael ^b   Perez, Sylvia E ^a   Chen, Kewei ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BANNER ALZHEIMER S INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's; Amyloid; Dementia; Neurofibrillary tangles; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; AMYLOID; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGE; AGED; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAAK STAGING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; COGNITIVE RESERVE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMYLOID; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; COGNITIVE RESERVE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 85009478227     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.10.012     Document Type: Article

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