Observation of the density and size of cells in hippocampus and vascular lesion in thalamus of GFAP-apoE transgenic mice

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 167-178

  Tang, Ke Feng ^a   Cai, Li ^a,b   Zhou, Jiang Ning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E; Microvascular lesion

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; EOSIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN; THIONINE;

AGED; ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RISK; STAINING; STROKE; THALAMUS; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VASCULAR LESION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SIZE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; THALAMUS;

EID: 68849085523     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-009-0324-6     Document Type: Article

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