Site-specific regulation of Alzheimer-like tau phosphorylation in living neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 167-184

  Burack, M A ^a   Halpain, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

basic fibroblast growth factor; brain slices; cytoskeleton; microtubule associated protein; okadaic acid; signal transduction

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; OKADAIC ACID; TAU PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

EID: 0029925968     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00546-3     Document Type: Article

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