Neurotoxicity and memory deficits induced by soluble low-molecular-weight amyloid-β 1-42 oligomers are revealed in vivo by using a novel animal model

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 7852-7861

  Brouillette, Jonathan ^a,b   Caillierez, Raphaëlle ^a,b   Zommer, Nadège ^a,b   Alves Pires, Claire ^a,b   Benilova, Iryna ^c,d   Blum, David ^a,b   de Strooper, Bart ^c,d   Buée, Luc ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN [1-42]; CASPASE 3; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; PREALBUMIN; PROCASPASE 3; SPINOPHILIN; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FORMIC ACIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS; ISOMERISM; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEURONS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREALBUMIN; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84861914969     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5901-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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