Multiple events lead to dendritic spine loss in triple transgenic Alzheimer's disease mice.

The pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide, hyperphosphorylated tau protein, neuronal death, and synaptic loss. By means of long-term two-photon in vivo imaging and confocal imaging, we characterized the spatio-temporal pattern of de...

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Main Authors: Tobias Bittner, Martin Fuhrmann, Steffen Burgold, Simon M Ochs, Nadine Hoffmann, Gerda Mitteregger, Hans Kretzschmar, Frank M LaFerla, Jochen Herms
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2982845?pdf=render