Alzheimer's disease

Nature Reviews Disease Primers

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Masters, Colin L ^a   Bateman, Randall ^b   Blennow, Kaj ^c   Rowe, Christopher C ^d   Sperling, Reisa A ^e,f   Cummings, Jeffrey L ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN; CEREFOLINNAC; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APP PROTEIN, HUMAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CAREGIVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLEARANCE; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; BIOMARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 85017240652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2056676X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrdp.2015.56     Document Type: Review

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