Compensating for Alzheimer lesions: evidence that size counts.

Adaptation, Physiological/physiology Aged Alzheimer Disease/pathology,physiopathology,prevention & control Apolipoprotein E2/genetics Axons/metabolism,pathology Cell Size Cell Survival/physiology Cognition Disorders/pathology,physiopathology Cytoprotection/physiology Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics Hippocampus/metabolism,pathology,physiopathology Humans Hypertrophy/etiology Neural Pathways/metabolism,pathology,physiopathology Neuronal Plasticity/physiology Neurons/metabolism,pathology Recovery of Function/physiology

Apolipoprotein E2