Intracellular accumulation of amyloid-beta - A predictor for synaptic dysfunction and neuron loss in Alzheimer's disease

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue MAR, 2010, Pages

  Bayer, Thomas A ^a   Wirths, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Amyloid; Intraneuronal A ; Neuron loss; Oligomers; Synaptic dysfunction; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899571989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2010.00008     Document Type: Article

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