Autophagy in the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 398-407

  Nikoletopoulou, V ^a   Papandreou, M E ^a,b   Tavernarakis, N ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASTROCYTE; AUTOLYSOSOME; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CELL EXPANSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENDOSOME; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPOPHAGOCYTOSIS; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; LYSOSOME; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; MACROAUTOPHAGY; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; MITOPHAGY; NECROSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOPHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 84922507788     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2014.204     Document Type: Review

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