Voltage-dependent Na + channels as targets of BACE1 - implications for neuronal firing and beyond

Current Alzheimer Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-188

  Huth, Tobias ^a   Alzheimer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

subunit; Action potential; Alzheimer's disease; BACE1; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Neuronal excitability; Voltage dependent sodium channel

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SODIUM CURRENT; STEADY STATE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; UPREGULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID ENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84857698249     PISSN: 15672050     EISSN: 18755828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720512799361619     Document Type: Review

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