Wnt-5a is a synaptogenic factor with neuroprotective properties against Aβ toxicity

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 23-26

  Varela Nallar, Lorena ^a   Parodi, Jorge ^a   Farías, Ginny G ^a   Inestrosa, Nibaldo C ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents; Synaptic contacts; Wnt signaling pathway; Wnt 5a

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; HEXAPEPTIDE; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; WNT5A PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84860223907     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 16602862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333360     Document Type: Article

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