Chapter 12: Aging – Related Memory Disorders

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Chapter 12: Aging – Related Memory Disorders --- Alzheimer’s Disease

From Mechanisms of Memory, second edition By J. David Sweatt, Ph.D.

Chapter 12: Amyloid Plaques and Neurofibrillary Tangles

Amyloid Plaques and Neurofibrillary Tangles, AD

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Stages of Neurofibrillary Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Key Molecules Involved in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis

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Tau Phoshorylation Sites

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Fragment of Amyloid Beta Peptide

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Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP)

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APP, A, and the Secretases

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PS1 A246 E FAD Mutant Transgene Accelerates Amyloid Plaque Pathology of Tg2576 Mice Tg 2576

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Tg 2576 + PS1 A246E

Effect of apoE Genotype on AD Risk

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Reelin and ApoE Signaling --- Implications for AD

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FEAR CONDITIONING Training percent freezing

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Microscopic Features of Alzheimer’s Disease

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Cholinergic Hypothesis of Alzheimer's Disease and Current Pharmacotherapies A

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From Wang et al. (2000) The Journal of Biological Chemistry 275: 5626-5632.