Low thiamine diphosphate levels in brains of patients with frontal lobe degeneration of the non-Alzheimer's type

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2005-2010

  Bettendorff, L ^a   Mastrogiacomo, F ^b   Wins, P ^a   Kish, S J ^b   Grisar, T ^a   Ball, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe dementia; Mitochondria; Thiamine; Thiamine diphosphate

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; COCARBOXYLASE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; THIAMINE; THIAMINE PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030853110     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69052005.x     Document Type: Article

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