Does dysregulation of the Notch and wingless/Wnt pathways underlie the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease?

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 54-59

  Anderton, Brian H ^a,b   Dayanandan, Rejith ^b   Killick, Richard ^b   Lovestone, Simon ^b  

^a Department of Neuroscience ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PATHOGENESIS; SENILE PLAQUE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033959997     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1357-4310(99)01640-8     Document Type: Review

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