The past and the future of Alzheimer's disease CSF biomarkers-a journey toward validated biochemical tests covering the whole spectrum of molecular events

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  Blennow, Kaj ^a   Zetterberg, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Biomarker; Cerebrospinal fluid; Neurogranin; Oligomers; Synaptic proteins; Tau proteins

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NEUROGRANIN; OLIGOMER; SYNAPSE RECEPTOR; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84946550367     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00345     Document Type: Review

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