Neutron activation analysis techniques for identifying elemental status in Alzheimer's disease

Brain tissue (hippocampus and cerebral cortex) from Alzheimer's disease and control individuals sampled from Eastern Canada and the United Kingdom were analyzed for Ag, Al, As, B, Br, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Fe, Hg, I, K, La, Mg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Rb, S, Sb, Sc, Se, Si, Sn, Sr, Ti, V and Zn. Neutron activation analysis (thermal and prompt gamma-ray) methods were used. Highly significant differences (probability less than 0.005) for both study areas were shown between Alzheimer's diesease (AD) and control (C) individuals: AD>C for Al, Br, Ca and S, and AD

Keywords:

• Radiochemistry
• Zinc
• Chemistry
• Cerebral cortex
• Neutron activation analysis
• brain tissue
• statistical evidence
• Nuclear chemistry

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