Region-specific differences in amyloid precursor protein expression in the mouse hippocampus

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue NOV2016, 2016, Pages

  Del Turco, Domenico ^a   Paul, Mandy H ^a   Schlaudraff, Jessica ^a   Hick, Meike ^a,b   Endres, Kristina ^c   Müller, Ulrike C ^b   Deller, Thomas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

APP; CA1; Dentate gyrus; Immunostaining; In situ hybridization; Laser microdissection; RT qPCR; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

SECRETASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LASER MICRODISSECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 85007478196     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00134     Document Type: Article

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