The physiological link between metabolic rate depression and tau phosphorylation in mammalian hibernation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Stieler, Jens T ^a,b   Bullmann, Torsten ^a   Kohl, Franziska ^c   Tøien, Oøivind ^c   Brückner, Martina K ^a   Härtig, Wolfgang ^a   Barnes, Brian M ^c   Arendt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HIBERNATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUIRREL; SYRIAN HAMSTER; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BRAIN; HAMSTER; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; SPERMOPHILUS CITELLUS; SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII; URSUS AMERICANUS;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; HIBERNATION; KINETICS; MESOCRICETUS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SCIURIDAE; TAU PROTEINS; URSIDAE;

EID: 79251563831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014530     Document Type: Article

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