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In vivo axonal transport deficits in a mouse model of fronto-temporal dementia.
NeuroImage. Clinical - 1 Jan 2014
Majid Tabassum, Ali Yousuf O, Venkitaramani Deepa V, Jang Ming-Kuei, Lu Hui-Chen, Pautler Robia G
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BACKGROUND: Axonal transport is vital for neurons and deficits in this process have been previously reported in a few mouse models of Alzheimer's disease prior to the appearance of plaques and tangles. However, it remains to be determined whether axonal transport is defective prior to the onset of neurodegeneration. The rTg4510 mouse, a fronto-temporal dementia and parkinsonism-17 (FTDP-17) tauopathy model,...
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