Widespread peroxynitrite-mediated damage in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2653-2657

  Smith, Mark A ^a   Richey Harris, Peggy L ^a   Sayre, Lawrence M ^a   Beckman, Joseph S ^b   Perry, George ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; carbonyls; glycation; nitrotyrosine; oxidative stress; protein modification

Indexed keywords

PEROXYNITRITE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; OXIDATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0346386580     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-08-02653.1997     Document Type: Article

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