The entorhinal cortex and neurotrophin signaling in Alzheimer's disease and other disorders

Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 123-135

  Scharfman, Helen E ^a,b   Chao, Moses V ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Ankyrin rich membrane spanning protein (ARMS); Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Frontotemporal dementia; Kinase D interacting substrate (Kidins220); Neurodegeneration; Perforant path; Temporal lobe epilepsy; TrkB

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MYELIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; PRESENILIN 1; REELIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TAU PROTEIN; ANKYRIN RICH MEMBRANE SPANNING PROTEIN; KINASE D INTERACTING SUBSTRATE 220 PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECOGNITION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; AMYLOID PLAQUE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84888135844     PISSN: 17588928     EISSN: 17588936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2013.826184     Document Type: Article

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