Altered expression of amyloid protein precursor mRNA in the rat hippocampus following trimethyltin intoxication: An in situ hybridization study

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-320

  O'Connell, Alan W ^a,c,d   Strada, Ornella ^b   Earley, Bernadette ^a   Leonard, Brian E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c ELAN PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTOXIN; TRIMETHYLTIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRIMETHYLTIN COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031033403     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(96)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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