The synaptic protein NACP is abnormally expressed during the progression of Alzheimer's disease

Brain Research

Volumn 720, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 230-234

  Iwai, Akihiko ^a,b   Masliah, Eliezer ^a   Sundsmo, Mary P ^a   DeTeresa, Richard ^a   Mallory, Margaret ^a   Salmon, David P ^a   Saitoh, Tsunao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dot blot; Early Alzheimer's disease neurodegeneration; NAC; NACP; Synaptic pathology; Synaptic protein; Synuclein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0029938770     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00014-5     Document Type: Article

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