Alterations in content and phosphorylation state of cytoskeletal proteins in the sciatic nerve during ageing and in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 106, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 743-755

  Holzer, M ^a   Holzapfel, H P ^b   Krohn, K ^b   Gertz, H J ^b   Arendt, T ^b  

^a Paul Flechsig Institute for Brain Research   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ageing; Alzheimer's disease; Degeneration; Neurofilament; Phosphorylation; Sciatic nerve; Tau

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SCIATIC NERVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SCIATIC NERVE; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0032777099     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007020050195     Document Type: Article

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