Amyloid β-protein (Aβ) 1-40 but not Aβ1-42 contributes to the experimental formation of Alzheimer disease amyloid fibrils in rat brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 8187-8193

  Shin, Ryong Woon ^a   Ogino, Koichi ^b   Kondo, Akira ^c   Saido, Takaomi C ^d   Trojanowski, John Q ^e   Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki ^a   Tateishi, Jun ^f  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c Koga General Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Amyloid fibrils; Amyloid protein; In vitro; In vivo; Senile plaques

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT;

EID: 0030775361     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-21-08187.1997     Document Type: Article

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