Intracellular calcium changes in neuronal cells induced by Alzheimer's β-amyloid protein are blocked by estradiol and cholesterol

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-13

  Kawahara, Masahiro ^a   Kuroda, Yoichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Cholesterol; Estradiol; Ion channel; Membrane lipids

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHLORETIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROMETRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEURONS;

EID: 0034980106     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007168910582     Document Type: Article

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