Protein aggregation in the brain: The molecular basis for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 451-464

  Irvine, G Brent ^a   El Agnaf, Omar M ^b   Shankar, Ganesh M ^c   Walsh, Dominic M ^c,d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN ANTIBODY; AMYLOID BETA ANTIBODY; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BAICALEIN; BETA SECRETASE INHIBITOR; CARBIDOPA; DIMER; DJ 1 PROTEIN; DOPAMINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GAMMA SECRETASE INHIBITOR; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2; LEVODOPA; MONOAMINE OXIDASE B INHIBITOR; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; PARKIN; POLYMER; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BETA SHEET; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIMERIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INCIDENCE; INHERITANCE; LEWY BODY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGOMERIZATION; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMER PRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINDLE CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SYNAPTOSOME; URINALYSIS;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; BRAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; SENILE PLAQUES;

EID: 48149108245     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2119/2007-00100.Irvine     Document Type: Review

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