Lymphocytes as cell model to study apoptosis in Alzheimer's disease: Vulnerability to programmed cell death appears to be altered

Journal of Neural Transmission, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 54, 1998, Pages 259-267

  Eckert, A ^a,d   Cotman, C W ^b   Zerfass, R ^a   Hennerici, M ^c   Muller W E ^a,d  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; AGED; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031593610     PISSN: 03036995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-7508-8_25     Document Type: Article

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