Genetics and neurobiology of frontotemporal lobar degeneration

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Scarpini, Elio ^a   Galimberti, D ^a   Bresolin, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD); Genetics; Mutations; Pathogenesis; Tauopathy

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TAU PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 3; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENMARK; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROBIOLOGY; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 33646766411     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-006-0543-9     Document Type: Article

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