Stereological investigation of the CA1 pyramidal cell layer in untreated and lithium-treated 3xTg-AD and wild-type mice

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 209, Issue , 2017, Pages 51-60

  Schaeffer, Evelin L ^a,b   Catanozi, Sergio ^a   West, Mark J ^b   Gattaz, Wagner F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adult brain; Alzheimer disease; CA1 region; Lithium; Neuron number; Stereology; Structural neuroplasticity

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; LITHIUM CARBONATE; TAU PROTEIN; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD INTAKE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STEREOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT; ANATOMY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CELL COUNT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84993973237     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2016.10.002     Document Type: Article

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