Apolipoprotein E exerts selective and differential control over vitamin E concentrations in different areas of mammalian brain

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1335-1342

  Vatassery, Govind T ^a,b   Lam, Cornelius ^b   Smith, W Ed ^a   Quach, Hung T ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E; Cerebellum; Oxidative stress; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 33750476297     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21037     Document Type: Article

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