Changes in dendritic complexity and spine morphology in transgenic mice expressing human wild-type tau

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 214, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 161-179

  Dickstein, Dara L ^a   Brautigam, Hannah ^a   Stockton, Steven D ^a   Schmeidler, James ^a   Hof, Patrick R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dendrites; Neurofibrillary tangles; Spines; Tau; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPINE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; ISOQUINOLINES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROGENESIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; STAINING AND LABELING; TAU PROTEINS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 77950460036     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-010-0245-1     Document Type: Article

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