Reversal of neurofibrillary tangles and tau-associated phenotype in the rTgTauEC model of early Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 13300-13311

  Polydoro, Manuela ^a   de Calignon, Alix ^a   Suárez Calvet, Marc ^a,b   Sanchez, Laura ^a   Kay, Kevin R ^a   Nicholls, Samantha B ^a   Roe, Allyson D ^a   Pitstick, Rose ^c   Carlson, George A ^c   Gómez Isla, Teresa ^a,b   Spires Jones, Tara L ^a   Hyman, Bradley T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MCLAUGHLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; DOXYCYCLINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TAU PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAUOPATHY; TOMOGRAPHY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PHENOTYPE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAU PROTEINS; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881531940     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0881-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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