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Gene expression profiling of 12633 genes in Alzheimer hippocampal CA1: Transcription and neurotrophic factor down-regulation and up-regulation of apoptotic and pro-inflammatory signaling by Colangelo, Vittorio, Schurr, Jill, Ball, Melvyn J., Pelaez, Ricardo Palacios, Bazan, Nicolas G., Lukiw, Walter J.

“…Alterations in transcription, RNA editing, translation, protein processing, and clearance are a consistent feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain. To extend…”
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The High Prevalence of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 DNA in Human Trigeminal Ganglia Is Not a Function of Age or Gender by HILL, James M, BALL, Melvyn J, KAUFMAN, Herbert E, THOMPSON, Hilary W, NEUMANN, Donna M, AZCUY, Ann M, BHATTACHARJEE, Partha S, BOUHANIK, Saadallah, CLEMENT, Christian, LUKIW, Walter J, FOSTER, Timothy P, KUMAR, Manish

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Microbes and Alzheimer's Disease by Itzhaki, Ruth F, Lathe, Richard, Balin, Brian J, Ball, Melvyn J, Bearer, Elaine L, Braak, Heiko, Bullido, Maria J, Carter, Chris, Clerici, Mario, Cosby, S Louise, Del Tredici, Kelly, Field, Hugh, Fulop, Tamas, Grassi, Claudio, Griffin, W Sue T, Haas, Jürgen, Hudson, Alan P, Kamer, Angela R, Kell, Douglas B, Licastro, Federico, Letenneur, Luc, Lövheim, Hugo, Mancuso, Roberta, Miklossy, Judith, Otth, Carola, Palamara, Anna Teresa, Perry, George, Preston, Christopher, Pretorius, Etheresia, Strandberg, Timo, Tabet, Naji, Taylor-Robinson, Simon D, Whittum-Hudson, Judith A

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Intracerebral propagation of Alzheimer’s disease: Strengthening evidence of a herpes simplex virus etiology by Ball, Melvyn J, Lukiw, Walter J, Kammerman, Eli M, Hill, James M

“…Abstract Background A faulty human protein, abnormally phosphorylated tau, was recently publicized to spread “like a virus” from neuron to neuron in…”
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Ischemic axonopathy: The missing link between cardiocerebral hypotension, white matter loss, and Alzheimer's disease by Ball, Melvyn J

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Statins lower the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by limiting lipid raft endocytosis and decreasing the neuronal spread of Herpes simplex virus type 1 by Hill, James M., Steiner, Israel, Matthews, Kelly E., Trahan, Stephen G., Foster, Timothy P., Ball, Melvyn J.

“…Many possible risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have been investigated, with only a very few showing positive associations and none defining the…”
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The essential lesion of Alzheimer disease: a surprise in retrospect by Ball, Melvyn J

“…In the absence of any naturally occurring animal model of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the British conviction in the 1970's that clinicopathological…”
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Commentary on “Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: Two decades of progress.” Evolving neuropathological definitions of Alzheimer’s disease: Where we came from and where we might go by Ball, Melvyn J.

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Prion Proteins with Different Conformations Accumulate in Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker Disease Caused by A117V and F198S Mutations by Piccardo, Pedro, Liepnieks, Juris J., William, Albert, Dlouhy, Stephen R., Farlow, Martin R., Young, Katherine, Nochlin, David, Bird, Thomas D., Nixon, Randal R., Ball, Melvyn J., DeCarli, Charles, Bugiani, Orso, Tagliavini, Fabrizio, Benson, Merrill D., Ghetti, Bernardino

“…Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS) is characterized by the accumulation of proteinase K (PK)-resistant prion protein fragments (PrP sc) of ∼7 to 15…”
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Comparison of clinical and neuropathologic diagnoses of Alzheimer’s disease in 3 epidemiologic samples by Plassman, Brenda L., Khachaturian, Ara S., Townsend, Jeannette J., Ball, Melvyn J., Steffens, David C., Leslie, Carol E., Tschanz, JoAnn T., Norton, Maria C., Burke, James R., Welsh-Bohmer, Kathleen A., Hulette, Christine M., Nixon, Randal R., Tyrey, Mary, Breitner, John C.S.

“…Studies of dementia in populations avoid many of the selection biases in clinical samples but require special evaluation and diagnostic methods to obtain high…”
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White matter lesions, dementia, and ischemic axonopathy by Ball, Melvyn J

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Unexplained sudden amnesia, postencephalitic Parkinson disease, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, and Alzheimer disease: does viral synergy produce neurofibrillary tangles? by Ball, Melvyn J

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"Limbic predilection in Alzheimer dementia: is reactivated herpesvirus involved?" by Ball, M J

“…In the brains of patients with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT), the quantitatively pathognomonic neuronal lesions (tangles, plaques,…”
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Nicotinic binding sites in cerebral cortex and hippocampus in Alzheimer's dementia by LONDON, E. D, BALL, M. J, WALLER, S. B

“…Postmortem cerebral neocortical and hippocampal samples were taken from patients who died with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and individuals without…”
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Water-soluble Aβ(N-40, N-42) Oligomers in Normal and Alzheimer Disease Brains (∗) by Kuo, Yu-Min, Emmerling, Mark R., Vigo-Pelfrey, Carmen, Kasunic, Timothy C., Kirkpatrick, Joel B., Murdoch, Geoffrey H., Ball, Melvyn J., Roher, Alex E.

“…Ultracentrifugation and graded molecular sieving, as well as a sensitive sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were used to isolate and quantitate the…”
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The Oregon brain aging study : Neuropathology accompanying healthy aging in the oldest old by GREEN, M. S, KAYE, J. A, BALL, M. J

“…To describe the relationship between neuropathologic aging and longitudinal measures of cognitive function in healthy oldest old individuals. Nondemented…”
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β-Amyloid-(1-42) is a Major Component of Cerebrovascular Amyloid Deposits: Implications for the Pathology of Alzheimer Disease by Roher, Alex E., Lowenson, Jonathan D., Clarke, Steven, Woods, Amina S., Cotter, Robert J., Gowing, Eric, Ball, Melvyn J.

“…Reinvestigation of the chemical structure of β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) deposits in the vascular tissue of Alzheimer disease brains revealed that the 42-residue…”
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The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD). Part II. Standardization of the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer's disease by Mirra, S S, Heyman, A, McKeel, D, Sumi, S M, Crain, B J, Brownlee, L M, Vogel, F S, Hughes, J P, van Belle, G, Berg, L

“…The Neuropathology Task Force of the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) has developed a practical and standardized…”
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Neurofibrillary tangles in the dementia of "normal pressure" hydrocephalus by Ball, M J

“…Routine neuropathological examination could not explain the dramatic improvement exhibited by one patient with "normal pressure" hydrocephalus after shunting…”
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Structural alterations in the peptide backbone of beta-amyloid core protein may account for its deposition and stability in Alzheimer's disease by ROHER, A. E, LOWENSON, J. D, GREENBERG, B. D, CLARKE, S, WOLKOW, C, RONG WANG, COTTER, R. J, REARDON, I. M, ZÜRCHER-NEELY, H. A, HEINRIKSON, R. L, BALL, M. J

“…The structure of beta-amyloid (beta A) from Alzheimer disease brains was examined to determine if post-translational modifications might be linked to the…”
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