Early selective vulnerability of synapses and synaptic mitochondria in the hippocampal CA1 region of the Tg2576 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 887-896

  Balietti, Marta ^a   Giorgetti, Belinda ^a   Casoli, Tiziana ^a   Solazzi, Moreno ^a   Tamagnini, Francesco ^b   Burattini, Costanza ^b   Aicardi, Giorgio ^b   Fattoretti, Patrizia ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; hippocampus; mitochondria; synapses; synaptic plasticity; transgenic mice; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84876374851     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-121711     Document Type: Article

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