Preserved fronto-striatal plasticity and enhanced procedural learning in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease overexpressing mutant hAPPswe

Learning and Memory

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 447-452

  Middei, Silvia ^a   Geracitano, Raffaella ^a   Caprioli, Antonio ^b   Mercuri, Nicola ^a,c   Ammassari Teule, Martine ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b Sigma Tau SpA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM DEPRESSION (PHYSIOLOGY); MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 4043052478     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.80604     Document Type: Article

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