Amyloid β Enhances Typical Rodent Behavior While It Impairs Contextual Memory Consolidation

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with an early hippocampal dysfunction, which is likely induced by an increase in soluble amyloid beta peptide (Aβ). This hippocampal failure contributes to the initial memory deficits observed both in patients and in AD animal models and possibly to the deterio...

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Main Authors: Karla Salgado-Puga, Roberto A. Prado-Alcalá, Fernando Peña-Ortega
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/526912