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PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX INVOLVEMENT IN ALZHEIMER´S DISEASE

Domizio Suvà(1), Isabelle Favre(2), Rudolf Kraftsik(3), Monica Esteban(4), Alexander Lobrinus(5), Judit Miklossy(6)
(1)(2)(4)(5)(6)CHUV, Institute of Pathology - Lausanne. Switzerland
(3)IBCM - Lausanne. Switzerland

[ABSTRACT] [INTRODUCTION] [MATERIAL & METHODS] [RESULTS] [IMAGES] [DISCUSSION] [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] [BIBLIOGRAPHY] [Discussion Board]
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Previous: Intrinsic Membrane Properties and Synaptic Inputs Regulating The Firing Activity of the Dopamine Neurons. Previous: Abdominal paraganglioma and Renal oncocytoma. Report one case. ABSTRACT
[Neuroscience]
Next: Central Neurochemical Alterations Induced by Acute and Repeated Systemic Interleukin-2 Administration 		[Pathology]
Next: New Contributions to the Prognosis of Childhood Rhabdomyosarcomas. DNA Ploidy and Proliferative Index (MIB-1): Our Results.

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Discussion Board
Discussion Board

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[ABSTRACT] [INTRODUCTION] [MATERIAL & METHODS] [RESULTS] [IMAGES] [DISCUSSION] [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] [BIBLIOGRAPHY] [Discussion Board]
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Previous: Intrinsic Membrane Properties and Synaptic Inputs Regulating The Firing Activity of the Dopamine Neurons. Previous: Abdominal paraganglioma and Renal oncocytoma. Report one case. ABSTRACT
[Neuroscience]
Next: Central Neurochemical Alterations Induced by Acute and Repeated Systemic Interleukin-2 Administration 		[Pathology]
Next: New Contributions to the Prognosis of Childhood Rhabdomyosarcomas. DNA Ploidy and Proliferative Index (MIB-1): Our Results.
Domizio Suvà, Isabelle Favre, Rudolf Kraftsik, Monica Esteban, Alexander Lobrinus, Judit Miklossy
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