α-Internexin immunoreactivity reflects variable neuronal vulnerability in Alzheimer's disease and supports the role of the β-amyloid plaques in inducing neuronal injury

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 286-295

  Dickson, Tracey C ^a   Chuckowree, Jyoti A ^a   Chuah, Meng Inn ^a   West, Adrian K ^a   Vickers, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Neurodegeneration; Neurofilament triplet proteins; Neuronal injury; Neuronal trauma; Tau; Type IV intermediate filaments; Internexin; Amyloid plaque

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERNEXIN; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEURITE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

EID: 15944382705     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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