Environmental Enrichment Exacerbates Amyloid Plaque Formation in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer Disease

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1220-1227

  Jankowsky, Joanna L ^a,b   Xu, Guilian ^a   Fromholt, David ^a   Gonzales, Victoria ^a   Borchelt, David R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Amyloid; APP; Environmental enrichment; Neuropathology; Presenilin 1; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; PRESENILIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0344305380     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/62.12.1220     Document Type: Article

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