Regional Increase in the Expression of the BCAT Proteins in Alzheimer's Disease Brain: Implications in Glutamate Toxicity

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 891-905

  Hull, Jonathon ^a   Patel, Vinood ^b   El Hindy, Maya ^a   Lee, Christopher ^a   Odeleye, Esther ^a   Hezwani, Mohammed ^a   Love, Seth ^c   Kehoe, Patrick ^c   Chalmers, Katy ^c   Conway, Myra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; glutamate metabolism; hBCAT

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BCAT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VERY ELDERLY; WESTERN BLOTTING; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 84925762490     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-142970     Document Type: Article

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