Prevention approaches in a preclinical canine model of Alzheimer’s disease: Benefits and challenges

Aged dogs spontaneously develop many features of human aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) including cognitive decline and neuropathology. In this review, we discuss age-dependent learning tasks, memory tasks, and functional measures that can be used in aged dogs for sensitive treatment outcome meas...

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Main Authors: Paulina R. Davis, Elizabeth eHead
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
dog
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2014.00047/full