Tau aggregation and progressive neuronal degeneration in the absence of changes in spine density and morphology after targeted expression of Alzheimer's disease-relevant tau constructs in organotypic hippocampal slices

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 6103-6114

  Shahani, Neelam ^a   Subramaniam, Srinivasa ^b   Wolf, Tobias ^a   Tackenberg, Christian ^a   Brandt, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Neurodegeneration; Phosphorylation; Sindbis virus; Spines; Tauopathy

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SINDBIS VIRUS; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MICE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 33745236883     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4245-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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