Thiorphan-induced neprilysin inhibition raises amyloid β levels in rabbit cortex and cerebrospinal fluid

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 350, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 178-180

  Newell, Amanda J ^a   Sue, Lucia I ^a   Scott, Sarah ^a   Rauschkolb, Paula K ^b   Walker, Douglas G ^a   Potter, Pamela E ^b   Beach, Thomas G ^a  

^a SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid ; Animal model; Cerebral cortex; Neprilysin; Rabbits; Thiorphan

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; THIORPHAN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RABBIT; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0141782736     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00902-9     Document Type: Article

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