The β-amyloid peptide, peptide self-assembly, and the emergence of biological activities: A new principle in peptide function and the induction of neuropathology

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 814, Issue , 1997, Pages 1-16

  Cotman, Carl W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CONCANAVALIN A; LECTIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DENTATE GYRUS; DNA DAMAGE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SENILE PLAQUE; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030926446     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb46140.x     Document Type: Article

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