Neuronal apoptosis and autophagy cross talk in aging PS/APP mice, a model of Alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 665-681

  Yang, Dun Sheng ^a,b   Kumar, Asok ^a,b   Stavrides, Philip ^a   Peterson, Jesse ^c   Peterhoff, Corrine M ^a   Pawlik, Monika ^a,b   Levy, Efrat ^a,b   Cataldo, Anne M ^c   Nixon, Ralph A ^a,b  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; DNA FRAGMENT; FODRIN; LEUPEPTIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 51349125291     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2008.071176     Document Type: Article

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