Age-related changes of neuron numbers in the frontal cortex of a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-237

  Lemmens, Marijke A M ^a   Sierksma, Annerieke S R ^a   Rutten, Bart P F ^a   Dennissen, Frank ^a   Steinbusch, Harry W M ^a   Lucassen, Paul J ^b   Schmitz, Christoph ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Frontal cortex; Mouse model; Neuropathology; Stereology

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CALRETININ; PARVALBUMIN; PRESENILIN 1;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE MUTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; STEREOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGE FACTORS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PRESENILIN-1;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 79960267216     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-011-0305-1     Document Type: Article

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