Nicotine enhances the biosynthesis and secretion of transthyretin from the choroid plexus in rats: Implications for β-amyloid

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1318-1323

  Li, Ming D ^a,c   Kane, Justin K ^a   Matta, Shannon G ^a   Blaner, William S ^b   Sharp, Burt M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Department of Pharmacology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Choroid plexus; Differential display PCR; Nicotine; Transthyretin; amyloid

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NICOTINE; PREALBUMIN; RNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034652323     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-04-01318.2000     Document Type: Article

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