Comparison of proline endopeptidase activity in brain tissue from normal cases and cases with Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 249, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 129-139

  Mantle, David ^a   Falkous, Gavin ^a   Ishiura, Shoichi ^b   Blanchard, Paul J ^a   Perry, Elaine K ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Huntington's disease; Lewy body dementia; Parkinson's disease; Proline endopeptidase; Proteases; Protein degradation

Indexed keywords

PROLYL ENDOPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LEWY BODY; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0029922761     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(96)06282-1     Document Type: Article

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