Retinoic acid synthesis in normal and Alzheimer diseased brain and human neural cells

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-252

  Connor, Michael J ^a   Sidell, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; frontal cortex; hippocampus; neuroblastoma (LA N 5) cells; parietal cortex; retinaldehyde dehydrogenase; retinoic acid; vitamin A

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030975767     PISSN: 10447393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02815101     Document Type: Article

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