Layer-specific alterations to CA1 dendritic spines in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Hippocampus

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1037-1044

  Merino Serrais, P ^a   Knafo, S ^a,b   Alonso Nanclares, L ^a   Fernaud Espinosa, I ^a   Defelipe, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amyloid beta; Amyloid precursore protein; Confocal microscopy; Morphology; Unbiased stereology

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATUM ORIENS; STRATUM RADIATUM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALA; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; COGNITION; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; SYNAPSES;

EID: 80052419764     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20861     Document Type: Article

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