Selective loss of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in APP770 transgenic mice

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1040-1042

  Li, Hui ^a   Shen, Xiaozhou ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid precursor protein; Cholinergic; Neuron loss; Transgenic model

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CYTOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; METABOLISM; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON;

EID: 0039303450     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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