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Ultrastructure of Senile Dementia and of Experimental Analogs

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The morphologic changes of age which concern the neuropathologist must be not only those he can correlate with clinical signs and symptoms, but also those he can relate to fundamental biology. It is the purpose of this paper to provide as much of this structural correlation as is currently possible in regard to Alzheimer’s disease.

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  • Neurofibrillary Tangle
  • Senile Plaque
  • Dense Body
  • Senile Dementia
  • Neurofibrillary Degeneration

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  1. Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Bronx, New York, USA

    Robert D. Terry M.D. & Henryk M. Wiśniewski M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. Chief, Gerontology Research Section, Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences, Houston, Texas, USA

    Charles M. Gaitz

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Terry, R.D., Wiśniewski, H.M. (1972). Ultrastructure of Senile Dementia and of Experimental Analogs. In: Gaitz, C.M. (eds) Aging and the Brain. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8503-5_7

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