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Significant structural but not physiological changes in cortical neurons of 12-month-old Tg2576 mice.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Nov 2008
Rocher Anne B, Kinson Michael S, Luebke Jennifer I
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Amyloid-beta (Abeta) plays a key role in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease, and pyramidal cell dendrites exposed to Abeta exhibit dramatic structural alterations, including reduced dendritic spine densities. To determine whether such structural alterations lead to electrophysiological changes, whole-cell patch clamp recordings with biocytin filling were used to assess both the electrophysiological and...
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