Aquaporins and neurodegenerative diseases

Current Neuropharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-121

  Foglio, Eleonora ^a   Fabrizio, Rodella Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquaporins; Cns; Neurodegenerative diseases

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 9; AUTOANTIBODY; DOPAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN WATER; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 77953660950     PISSN: 1570159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157015910791233150     Document Type: Article

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