Evaluating the relationship between amyloid-β and aα-synuclein phosphorylated at Ser129 in dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease

Alzheimer's Research and Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Swirski, Marta ^a   Miners, J Scott ^a   De Silva, Rohan ^b   Lashley, Tammaryn ^b   Ling, Helen ^b   Holton, Janice ^b   Revesz, Tamas ^b   Love, Seth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; SERINE 129; SERINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL LINE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84927922558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17589193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13195-014-0077-y     Document Type: Article

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