Alteration of protease levels in different brain areas of suicide victims

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 953-959

  Banay Schwartz, Miriam ^a   DeGuzman, Teresita ^a   Faludi, Gabor ^b   Lajtha, Abel ^a   Palkovits, Miklos ^b  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Brain areas; Calpain activity; Cathepsin D activity; Changes in brain in suicide; Human brain proteases; Suicide brain

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CALPAIN; CATHEPSIN D; GLYCINE; PROTEINASE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SUICIDE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACIDS; BRAIN; CALPAIN; CATHEPSIN D; HUMANS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031823157     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021028304481     Document Type: Article

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