Lysosomal dysfunction results in lamina-specific meganeurite formation but not apoptosis in frontal cortex

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 150-160

  Yong, Alex P ^a   Bednarski, Eric ^b   Gall, Christine M ^a   Lynch, Gary ^b   Ribak, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apoptosis; Brain aging; Cathepsins; Lysosomes; Meganeurites

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN L; PHENYLALANINE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FRONTAL CORTEX; LYSOSOME; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032931344     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7038     Document Type: Article

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