Lesion-induced hippocampal plasticity in transgenic alzheimer's disease mouse models: Influences of age, genotype, and estrogen

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 429-445

  Kadish, Inga ^a   Van Groen, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Entorhinal cortex; Hippocampus; Mouse; Plasticity; Sex and gene differences; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; PRESENILIN 1; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 70350497385     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2009-1157     Document Type: Article

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