Apoptosis-mediated neurotoxicity induced by β-amyloid and PRP fragments

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 163-171

  Forloni, Gianluigi ^a   Bugiani, Orso ^b   Tagliavini, Fabrizio ^b   Salmona, Mario ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; amyloid; apoptosis; fibrils, gene expression; neurotoxicity; prion related encephalopathies

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CLUSTERIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MESSENGER RNA; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN P53; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RAT;

ANIMALIA; STRAWBERRY GREEN PETAL PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 0029838557     PISSN: 10447393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02815218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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