Quantitative analysis of neurofilament proteins in Alzheimer brain by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay system

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 587-591

  Hashimoto, Ryota ^a   Nakamura, Yu ^a,b   Tsujio, Ichiro ^a   Tanimukai, Hitoshi ^a   Kudo, Takashi ^a   Takeda, Masatoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Neurofilament; NF H phosphorylation NF L

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0032720455     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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