β-Amyloid accumulation correlates with cognitive dysfunction in the aged canine

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-23

  Cummings, Brian J ^a,c   Head, Elizabeth ^b   Afagh, Arman J ^a   Milgram, Norton W ^b   Cotman, Carl W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOG; LEARNING; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030013083     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1996.0039     Document Type: Article

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