Alzheimer's disease: An update of the roles of receptors, astrocytes and primary cilia (Review)

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-10

  Armato, Ubaldo ^a   Chakravarthy, Balu ^b   Pacchiana, Raffaella ^a   Whitfield, James F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid ; Calcium sensing receptor; Granule neurons; Hippocampus; Normal adult human astrocyte; P75 neurotrophin receptor; Primary cilium

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CALCIUM SENSING RECEPTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN PATCHED; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DAMAGE; CILIARY BODY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PRIMARY CILIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL DEATH; CILIA; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, CALCIUM-SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84873132255     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2012.1162     Document Type: Article

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