m-calpain (calcium-activated neutral proteinase) in alzheimer's disease brains

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-112

  Tsuji, Teruyuki ^a   Shimohama, Shun ^a   Kimura, Jun ^a   Shimizu, Katsuji ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain; Gel electrophoresis; M Calpain; Microheterogeneity; Two dimensional

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; ISOENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CALPAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032577543     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00348-6     Document Type: Article

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