Significant structural but not physiological changes in cortical neurons of 12-month-old Tg2576 mice

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-318

  Rocher, Anne B ^a   Kinson, Michael S ^a   Luebke, Jennifer I ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid beta; Dendritic spine; Frontal; Glutamatergic synaptic transmission; Patch clamp; Slice

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BIOCYTIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FRONTAL CORTEX; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOUSE; MUTANT; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; WILD TYPE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; STREPTAVIDIN;

EID: 53949122261     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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