Impairment of Gsα function in human brain cortex of Alzheimer's disease: Comparison with normal aging

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-322

  Hashimoto, E ^a,b   Ozawa, H ^b   Saito, T ^b   Gsell, W ^a   Takahata, N ^b   Riederer, P ^a   Frolich L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d PO Box 122120 D 68072   (Germany)

Author keywords

AD (Alzheimer's Disease); Aging; G protein; Immunoblotting; Photoaffinity labelling; Post mortem brain; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; AZIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GTP GAMMA 4 AZIDOANILIDE; GTP GAMMA-4-AZIDOANILIDE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; CADAVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AZIDES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOAFFINITY LABELS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542313774     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-003-0089-4     Document Type: Article

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