Expression of full-length and truncated trkB in human striatum and substantia nigra neurons: Implications for Parkinson's disease

Journal of Molecular Histology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 349-361

  Fenner, Mark E ^a   Achim, Cristian L ^b   Fenner, Barbara Murray ^c  

^a Department of Psychiatry University of California ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Colocalization; Full length; Parkinson's disease; TrkB; Truncated

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPOMYOSIN RECEPTOR KINASE B; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; TROPOMYOSIN-RELATED KINASE-B, HUMAN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEURITE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORPUS STRIATUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 84899637655     PISSN: 15672379     EISSN: 15672387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10735-013-9562-z     Document Type: Article

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