Decreased senile plaque density in Alzheimer neocortex adjacent to an omental transposition.
Post-mortem studies of the brain of an Alzheimer patient indicate fewer senile plaques in the crests of cortical gyri underneath an omental transposition than in neighboring cortical areas.
Relkin
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Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Edgar
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MA
Gouras
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GK
Gandy
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Goldsmith
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HS
D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D001284:Atrophy; D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D006485:Hemosiderin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D009852:Omentum / Q000637:transplantation*; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic
D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D006485:Hemosiderin; D007501:Iron