Synaptic changes in the dentate gyrus of APP/PS1 transgenic mice revealed by electron microscopy

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 386-395

  Alonso Nanclares, Lidia ^a,b   Merino Serrais, Paula ^a,b   Gonzalez, Santiago ^a   Defelipe, Javier ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; Alzheimer disease; Focused ion beam; Quantification; Scanning electron microscopy; Segmentation; Synapse

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; PRESENILIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; PRESENILIN-1; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84876689293     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: 15546578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e31828d41ec     Document Type: Article

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