Resting-state functional connectivity changes in aging apoe4 and apoe-ko mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 42, 2014, Pages 13963-13975

  Zerbi, Valerio ^a,b   Wiesmann, Maximilian ^a,b   Emmerzaal, Tim L ^a   Jansen, Diane ^a   Beek, Maarten Van ^a   Mutsaers, Martina P C ^a   Beckmann, Christian F ^c,d   Heerschap, Arend ^b   Kiliaan, Amanda J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ApoE; ApoE4 mice; Cerebral blood flow; Diffusion tensor imaging; Functional connectivity; Resting state fMRI

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; 129 MOUSE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE NET; REST;

EID: 84907992885     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0684-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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