The upside of APP at synapses

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-56

  Hoe, Hyang Sook ^a   Lee, Hey Kyoung ^b   Pak, Daniel T S ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Abeta; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid plaque; APP; Dendritic spines; Glutamate receptor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; AMYLOID PLAQUE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84863011840     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2010.00221.x     Document Type: Review

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