Plastic neuronal remodeling is impaired in patients with Alzheimer's disease carrying apolipoprotein ε4 allele

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 516-529

  Arendt, Thomas ^a,e   Schindler, Cornelia ^b   Brückner, Martina K ^a   Eschrich, Klaus ^b   Bigl, Volker ^a   Zedlick, Dyrk ^c   Marcova, Lena ^d  

^a Paul Flechsig Inst of Brain Res   (Germany)

^b Institute of Biochemistry   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d Medical Academy of Russia   (Russian Federation)

^e Paul Flechsig Inst for Brain Res   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; apolipoprotein E; degeneration; dendritic sprouting; plasticity; regeneration

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; LOCUS CERULEUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0031021296     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-02-00516.1997     Document Type: Article

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