Unlocking the door to neuronal woes in Alzheimer's disease: Aβ and mitochondrial permeability transition pore

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1936-1948

  Du, Heng ^a   Yan, Shirley ShiDu ^a,b  

^a College of Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid beta; Cyclophilin D; Mitochondrial permeability transition; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CHOLEST 4 EN 3 ONE OXIME; CYCLOPHILIN D; CYCLOPHILIN D INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN A; FK 1706; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; SANGLIFEHRIN A; TACROLIMUS; TRIO 19622; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL INHIBITOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG TARGETING; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 77954907676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph3061936     Document Type: Review

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