Early astrocytic atrophy in the entorhinal cortex of a triple transgenic animal model of Alzheimer's disease

ASN Neuro

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 271-279

  Yeh, Chia Yu ^a   Vadhwana, Bhamini ^a   Verkhratsky, Alexei ^a,b,c,d,e   Rodríguez, José J ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Astrocyte; Dementia; Entorhinal cortex; Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP); Memory

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; ATROPHY; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PLAQUE, AMYLOID;

EID: 84856990170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17590914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/AN20110025     Document Type: Article

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