Glycogen synthase kinase 3 alteration in Alzheimer disease is related to neurofibrillary tangle formation

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 253-261

  Baum, Lawrence ^a   Hansen, Lawrence ^b   Masliah, Eliezer ^b   Saitoh, Tsunao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; glycogen synthase kinase 3; neurofibrillary tangle; paired helical filaments; phosphorylation; protein

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONKEY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0030458524     PISSN: 10447393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02815006     Document Type: Article

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