Chronic allopregnanolone treatment accelerates alzheimer's disease development in AβPPSwePSEN1ΔE9 mice

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-84

  Bengtsson, Sara K ^a   Johansson, Maja ^a   Bäckström, Torbjörn ^a   Wang, Mingde ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Alzheimer's disease; amyloid ; cognition; physiological stress

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CARPROFEN; PRESENILIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84863929363     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2012-120268     Document Type: Article

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