The generation of a 17 kDa neurotoxic fragment: An alternative mechanism by which tau mediates β-amyloid-induced neurodegeneration

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 5365-5375

  Park, So Young ^a   Ferreira, Adriana ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Amyloid; Apoptosis; Degeneration; Hippocampus; Neurotoxicity; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CALPAIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; VARICOSIS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CALPAIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 20044370830     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1125-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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