Intraneuronal Aβ accumulation and neurodegeneration: Lessons from transgenic models

Life Sciences

Volumn 91, Issue 23-24, 2012, Pages 1148-1152

  Wirths, Oliver ^a   Bayer, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Amyloid; Intraneuronal Abeta; Neuron loss; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMYLOIDOSIS; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROSOPHILA; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HUMAN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS;

MUS MUSCULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84869493355     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2012.02.001     Document Type: Review

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