Disruption of the retinoid signalling pathway causes a deposition of amyloid β in the adult rat brain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 896-902

  Corcoran, Jonathan P T ^a   Po, Lin So ^a,b   Maden, Malcolm ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid ; Cholinergic; Retinoic acid; Retinoic acid receptor ; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RETINALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 2; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FOREBRAIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SAMPLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRETINOIN; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 4344628460     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03563.x     Document Type: Article

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