Electrochemical analysis of protein nitrotyrosine and dityrosine in the Alzheimer brain indicates region-specific accumulation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 8126-8132

  Hensley, Kenneth ^a   Maidt, Michael L ^a   Yu, Zhenqiang ^a   Sang, Hong ^a   Markesbery, William R ^b   Floyd, Robert A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dityrosine; HPLC; Inflammation; Nitrotyrosine; Protein oxidation

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE DERIVATIVE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEOCORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0032531735     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-20-08126.1998     Document Type: Article

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