The function of presenilin-1 in amyloid β-peptide generation and brain development

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 249, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 271-279

  Saftig, Paul ^a   Hartmann, Dieter ^b   De Strooper, Bart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain development; Knockout; Lissencephaly; Presenilin; secretase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SECRETASE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE; GAMMA SECRETASE; PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033436306     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004060050099     Document Type: Review

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