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Altered depression-related behavior and neurochemical changes in serotonergic neurons in mutant R406W human tau transgenic mice.
Brain research - 12 Oct 2005
Egashira Nobuaki, Iwasaki Katsunori, Takashima Akihiko, Watanabe Takuya, Kawabe Hideyuki, Matsuda Tomomi, Mishima Kenichi, Chidori Shozo, Nishimura Ryoji, Fujiwara Michihiro
Abstract excerpt
Mutant R406W human tau was originally identified in frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17) and causes a hereditary tauopathy that clinically resembles Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the current study, we examined the performance of R406W transgenic (Tg) mice in the forced swimming test, a test with high predictivity of antidepressant efficacy in human depression, and found an...
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