Aβ oligomers inhibit synapse remodelling necessary for memory consolidation

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2211-2218

  Freir, Darragh B ^a   Fedriani, Rocio ^b   Scully, Darren ^b   Smith, Imelda M ^a   Selkoe, Dennis J ^c   Walsh, Dominic M ^a   Regan, Ciaran M ^b  

^a Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Research   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Neurologic Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid protein; Memory consolidation; Oligomers; Synapse ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; OLIGOMER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TRAINING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 80053630587     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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