Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 28, Issue 9 , Pages 1297-1306 , September 2007

Intracellular Aβ and cognitive deficits precede β-amyloid deposition in transgenic arcAβ mice

Received 16 April 2006 ,Revised 7 June 2006 ,Accepted 15 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.06.019

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 28, Issue 9 , Pages 1297-1306 , September 2007

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