Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , January 2008

Exploring human/animal intersections: Converging lines of evidence in comparative models of aging

  • John Q. Trojanowski

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Joan C. Hendricks

      Affiliations

    • School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Kathryn Jedrziewski

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • F. Brad Johnson

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Kathryn E. Michel

      Affiliations

    • School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Rebecka S. Hess

      Affiliations

    • School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Michael P. Cancro

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Meg M. Sleeper

      Affiliations

    • School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Robert Pignolo

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Karen L. Teff

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Gustavo D. Aguirre

      Affiliations

    • School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Virginia M.-Y. Lee

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Dennis F. Lawler

      Affiliations

    • Nestle-Purina, St. Louis, MO, USA
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  • Allan I. Pack

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Peter F. Davies

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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  2. Milgram NW, Zicker SC, Head E, Muggenburg BA, Murphey H, Ikeda-Douglas CJ, et al. Dietary enrichment counteracts age-associated cognitive dysfunction in canines. Neurobiol Aging. 2002;23:737–745
  3. Du X, Shen J, Kugan N, Furth EE, Lombard DB, Cheung C, et al. Telomere shortening exposes functions for the mouse Werner and Bloom syndrome genes. Mol Cell Biol. 2004;24:8437–8446
  4. Yoshiyama Y, Higuchi M, Zhang B, Huang S-M, Iwata N, Saido TC, et al. Synapse loss and microglial activation precede tangles in a P301S Tauopathy Mouse Model. Neuron. 2007;53:337–351

 Reporter: Lisa J. Bain. Tel.: 484-769-5486.E-mail address: lbain@nasw.org

PII: S1552-5260(07)00618-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2007.09.007

Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , January 2008

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