Folate is related to phosphorylated neurofilament-H and P-tau (Ser396) in rat brain

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1047-1054

  Obeid, Rima ^a   Schlundt, Jennifer ^a   Umanskaya, Natalia ^a   Herrmann, Wolfgang ^a   Herrmann, Markus ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

folate; homocysteine; hyperphosphorylation; neurofilament; tau protein

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTINE; METHIONINE; NEUROFILAMENT H PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FRONTAL LOBE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTINE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; METHIONINE; METHYLATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAU PROTEINS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79958010726     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07280.x     Document Type: Article

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