Niemann-Pick disease type C yields possible clue for why cerebellar neurons do not form neurofibrillary tangles

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 285-297

  Bu, Bitao ^a,b   Klunemann, Hans ^c   Suzuki, Kinuko ^d   Li, Jin ^a   Bird, Thomas ^a   Jin, Lee Way ^a   Vincent, Inez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cell cycle, cdc2; Cerebellum; Hyperphosphorylated tau; Neurodegeneration; Neurofibrillary tangle; Niemann Pick disease type C; Purkinje neurons

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; TAU PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0036968946     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.2002.0551     Document Type: Article

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