Review: Autophagy in neurodegeneration: Firefighter and/or incendiarist?

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 449-461

  Rami, A ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Necrosis; Neurodegeneration; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LIGHT CHAIN; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; HUMANS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS;

EID: 69949175897     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2009.01034.x     Document Type: Review

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