Tangled areas of Alzheimer brain have upregulated levels of exon 10 containing tau mRNA

Brain Research

Volumn 831, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 301-305

  Yasojima, K ^a   McGeer, E G ^a   McGeer, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Entorhinal cortex; Hippocampus; Midfrontal gyms; Midtemporal gyms; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TAU PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXON; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TAU PROTEINS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0033549267     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01486-9     Document Type: Article

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