Tau Biology and Tau-Directed Therapies for Alzheimer's Disease

Drugs

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 301-313

  Bakota, Lidia ^a   Brandt, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAVUNETIDE; EPOTHILONE D; METHYLENE BLUE; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; SGC 1061; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DESOXYEPOTHILONE B; EPOTHILONE DERIVATIVE; MAPT PROTEIN, HUMAN; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN AGGREGATION, PATHOLOGICAL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EPOTHILONES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; METHYLENE BLUE; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN AGGREGATION, PATHOLOGICAL; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84958769681     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: 11791950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40265-015-0529-0     Document Type: Article

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