An amyloid-notch hypothesis for Alzheimer's disease

Neuroscientist

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 614-617

  Ethell, Douglas W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

amyloid; secretase; amyloid precursor protein; APP; cognitive impairment; Notch

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE INHIBITOR; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B2; GAMMA SECRETASE; GAMMA SECRETASE INHIBITOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE DEFECT; DENDRITIC SPINE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FATIGUE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WEAKNESS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 78651476375     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858410366162     Document Type: Article

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