Diminished taxol/GTP-stimulated tubulin polymerization in diseased region of brain from patients with late-onset or inherited Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism linked to chromosome-17 but not individuals with mild cognitive impairment

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Boutté, Angela M ^a   Neely, M Diana ^b   Bird, Thomas D ^c   Montine, Kathleen S ^d   Montine, Thomas J ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17; Microtubules; Mild cognitive impairment; Presenilin 2; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PACLITAXEL; PRESENILIN 2; TUBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA LINKED TO CHROMOSOME 17; GENE MUTATION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATE ONSET ALZHEIMER DISEASE; MALE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 24644517127     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2005-8101     Document Type: Article

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