Selective alterations of neurons and circuits related to early memory loss in Alzheimer's disease

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Llorens Martín, Maria ^a   Blazquez Llorca, Lidia ^b,c   Benavides Piccione, Ruth ^b,c,d   Rabano, Alberto ^e   Hernandez, Felix ^a   Avila, Jesus ^a,d   DeFelipe, Javier ^b,c,d  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

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

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amyloid beta pathology; Cerebral cortex; Dendritic spines; Granule cells; Hippocampal connections; Neurogenesis; Pyramidal cells; Spread of tau

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER; HUMAN; MONOSYNAPTIC CIRCUIT; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRISYNAPTIC CIRCUIT;

EID: 84923307496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00038     Document Type: Article

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