Calpain activation in neurodegenerative diseases: Confocal immunofluorescence study with antibodies specifically recognizing the active form of calpain 2

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 92-104

  Adamec, Emil ^a   Mohan, Panaiyur ^b   Vonsattel, Jean P ^c   Nixon, Ralph A ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Calpain; Confocal microscopy; Neurodegeneration; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; CALPAIN; HUNTINGTIN; PROTEIN KINASE; TAU PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; COILED BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DOWN SYNDROME; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; PICK PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; TAUOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CALPAIN; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PICK DISEASE OF THE BRAIN; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE;

EID: 0036934648     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-002-0528-6     Document Type: Review

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