Sentences with phrase «neuritic dystrophy»

Here we show that Caribbean vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops, SK) develop cerebral Abeta plaques with aging and that these deposits are associated with gliosis and neuritic dystrophy.

We report that immunization of the young animals essentially prevented the development of beta - amyloid - plaque formation, neuritic dystrophy and astrogliosis.

Given the lack of definitive AD biomarkers in humans, transgenic animal models of the amyloid pathology continue to be valuable tools to examine molecular changes preceding the deposition of amyloid plaques and associated pathology (i.e. late inflammation, neuritic dystrophy, etc.).