Caspase-9 activation and caspase cleavage of tau in the Alzheimer's disease brain

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 341-354

  Rohn, Troy T ^a   Rissman, Robert A ^b   Davis, Michael C ^a   Kim, Young Eun ^b   Cotman, Carl W ^a   Head, Elizabeth ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caspase 3; Caspase 9; Neurofibrillary tangles; Tau

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; DNA; FODRIN; RNA; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEURITE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPIL THREAD; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0036968953     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.2002.0549     Document Type: Article

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