Staging of cognitive deficits and neuropathological and ultrastructural changes in streptozotocin-induced rat model of Alzheimer’s disease

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 577-592

  Knezovic, Ana ^a   Osmanovic Barilar, Jelena ^a   Curlin, Marija ^a   Hof, Patrick R ^b   Simic, Goran ^a   Riederer, Peter ^c   Salkovic Petrisic, Melita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Amyloid protein; Cognitive decline; Lysosomes; Streptozotocin; Tau protein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN (1-42); MAPT PROTEIN, RAT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; STREPTOZOCIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PSYCHOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOZOCIN; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84939968557     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-015-1394-4     Document Type: Article

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