No hippocampal neuron or synaptic bouton loss in learning-impaired aged β-amyloid precursor protein-null mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1207-1216

  Phinney, A L ^a   Calhoun, M E ^a   Wolfer, D P ^b   Lipp, H P ^b   Zheng, H ^c   Jucker, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Alzheimer's disease; Brain; Memory; Stereology; Synapses

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AGING; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0032926449     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00645-9     Document Type: Article

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