Commentary: Locus Coeruleus Ablation Exacerbates Cognitive Deficits, Neuropathology, and Lethality in P301S Tau Transgenic Mice

Matthew J Betts^{1

2}, Alexander J Ehrenberg³, Dorothea Hämmerer^{1

4

5}, Emrah Düzel^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany.
² Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
³ Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
⁴ Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
⁵ The Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

Comment

Matthew J Betts et al. Front Neurosci. 2018.

. 2018 Jun 6:12:401.

doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00401. eCollection 2018.

Matthew J Betts^{1

2}, Alexander J Ehrenberg³, Dorothea Hämmerer^{1

4

5}, Emrah Düzel^{1

2

4}

¹ German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany.
² Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
³ Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
⁴ Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
⁵ The Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: hippocampus; learning and memory; locus coeruleus; neuropathology; norepinephrine; tauopathy.

Comment on

Locus Coeruleus Ablation Exacerbates Cognitive Deficits, Neuropathology, and Lethality in P301S Tau Transgenic Mice.
Chalermpalanupap T, Schroeder JP, Rorabaugh JM, Liles LC, Lah JJ, Levey AI, Weinshenker D. Chalermpalanupap T, et al. J Neurosci. 2018 Jan 3;38(1):74-92. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1483-17.2017. Epub 2017 Nov 13. J Neurosci. 2018. PMID: 29133432 Free PMC article.

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