Intrahippocampal injections of the β-amyloid 1-28 fragment induces behavioral deficits in rats

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 471-479

  Alvarez, X A ^a   Miguel Hidalgo, J J ^a   Fernandez Novoa L ^a   Cacabelos, R ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion Biomedica EuroEspes   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal model; APP expression; Hippocampus; Learning; Motor coordination; Neurodegeneration; amyloid

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RAT;

EID: 0030730041     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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