In vivo multiphoton imaging of a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer disease reveals marked thioflavine-S-associated alterations in neurite trajectories

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-145

  D'Amore, J D ^a   Kajdasz, S T ^a   McLellan, M E ^a   Bacskai, B J ^a   Stern, E A ^a   Hyman, Bradley T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Amyloid ; In vivo imaging; Multiphoton microscopy; Senile plaque; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; DEXTRAN; DIRECT YELLOW 7; THIOFLAVINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0037312858     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/62.2.137     Document Type: Article

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