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D L Samudralwar1, C C Diprete, B F Ni, W D Ehmann, W R Markesbery.
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Concentrations of 11 trace elements were determined in 56 control and 98 Alzheimer's disease (AD) olfactory bulb, olfactory tract, olfactory trigone, piriform cortex and amygdala specimens by instrumental neutron activation analysis. Iron and zinc were significantly elevated and bromine was significantly depleted in olfactory regions of AD patients, compared with normal age-matched control subjects. Elevated iron could possibly play a role in neuronal degeneration in AD by enhancing reactive free radical formation.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 8586977 DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(95)00018-w
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurol Sci ISSN: 0022-510X Impact factor: 3.181