Function and dysfunction of presenilin

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 61-63

  Shen, Jie ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Secretase; Alzheimer's disease; Neurodegeneration; Nicastrin; Notch; Presenilin; Synapse

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; GAMMA SECRETASE; NICASTRIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PRESENILIN;

AGE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CELL TYPE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE MUTATION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPSE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; MOUSE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; PRESENILINS;

EID: 84896729483     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 16602862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354971     Document Type: Article

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