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Catecholaminergic neuronal loss in locus coeruleus of aged female dtg APP/PS1 mice.
Journal of chemical neuroanatomy - 1 Nov 2007
O'Neil Jahn N, Mouton Peter R, Tizabi Yousef, Ottinger Mary Ann, Lei De-Liang, Ingram Donald K, Manaye Kebreten F
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia afflicting the elderly. In addition to the presence of cortical senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, AD is characterized at autopsy by extensive degeneration of brainstem locus coeruleus (LC) neurons that provide noradrenergic in...
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