Dogs with canine counterpart of Alzheimer's disease lose noradrenergic neurons

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 625-635

  Insua, Daniel ^a   Suárez, María Luisa ^a   Santamarina, Germán ^a   Sarasa, Manuel ^b   Pesini, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Araclon Biotech Ltd   (Spain)

Author keywords

A6 A7; Aging; Amyloid beta; Gyrus proreus; Locus ceruleus; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Unbiased stereology

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CANIDAE; CELL COUNT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SENILE PLAQUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 77049089732     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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