Regional decreases of free D-aspartate levels in Alzheimer's disease

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-134

  D'Aniello, Antimo ^a   Lee, John M ^b   Petrucelli, Leonard ^b   Di Fiore, M Maddalena ^a,c  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; High performance liquid chromatography; N Methyl D aspartate receptors

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0344301898     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00451-0     Document Type: Article

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