Accumulation of nuclear DNA damage or neuron loss: Molecular basis for a new approach to understanding selective neuronal vulnerability in neurodegenerative diseases

DNA Repair

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1087-1097

  Brasnjevic, Ivona ^a,b   Hof, Patrick R ^c   Steinbusch, Harry W M ^a,b   Schmitz, Christoph ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b European Graduate School For Neuroscience   (Netherlands)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Brain; DNA damage; DNA repair

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 44949091276     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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