Cross Section of a Nerve from An Alzheimer’s Model Mouse (IMAGE)

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Cross Section of a Nerve from An Alzheimer’s Model Mouse

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This is an electron micrographic picture of a cross section of a nerve from an Alzheimer’s model mouse. Structural abnormalities in the nerve are indicated by the arrows. Alzheimer model mice that received the drug epothilone D had a significant reduction in the number of these abnormalities.

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Zhang, et al. <I>The Journal of Neuroscience 2012.</i>

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