Suppression of cathepsins B and L causes a proliferation of lysosomes and the formation of meganeurites in hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4006-4021

  Bednarski, Eric ^a   Ribak, Charles E ^b   Lynch, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; ageing; Alzheimer's disease; cortex; dysfunction; hyperplasia; lysosomal hydrolase; meganeurite; neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN L;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LYSOSOME; MICROTUBULE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030905260     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-11-04006.1997     Document Type: Article

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