Amyloid precursor protein: From synaptic plasticity to Alzheimer's disease

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1048, Issue , 2005, Pages 149-165

  Mileusnic, Radmila ^a   Lancashire, Christine L ^a   Rose, Steven P R ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amnesia; APP; Chick; Memory rescue; Neuroprotection; Peptides; RER

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN ANTIBODY; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN[328-330]; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN[328-332]; ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; ARGINYLGLUTAMYLARGININE; ARGINYLGLUTAMYLARGINYLMETHIONYLSERINE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; TRIPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 25144433312     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1342.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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