Alterations of thiamine phosphorylation and of thiamine-dependent enzymes in Alzheimer's disease

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-88

  Héroux, Maryse ^a   Raghavendra Rao, V L ^a   Lavoie, Joël ^a   Richardson, J Stephen ^b   Butterworth, Roger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's Disease; thiamine; thiamine diphosphate; thiamine monophosphate; thiamine phosphorylation; thiamine dependent enzymes

Indexed keywords

COCARBOXYLASE; THIAMINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; NERVE CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; THIAMINE;

EID: 0029879390     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02080933     Document Type: Conference Paper

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