Early BDNF treatment ameliorates cell loss in the entorhinal cortex of APP transgenic mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 39, 2013, Pages 15596-15602

  Nagahara, Alan H ^a   Mateling, Michael ^a   Kovacs, Imre ^a   Wang, Ling ^a   Eggert, Simone ^a   Rockenstein, Edward ^a   Koo, Edward H ^a   Masliah, Eliezer ^a   Tuszynski, Mark H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL DEATH; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEAR; GENETIC THERAPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 84884561405     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5195-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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