Distribution of PSA-NCAM in normal, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease human brain

Neuroscience

Volumn 330, Issue , 2016, Pages 359-375

  Murray, Helen C ^a   Low, Victoria F ^a,c   Swanson, Molly E V ^a   Dieriks, Birger V ^a   Turner, Clinton ^b   Faull, Richard L M ^a   Curtis, Maurice A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c MAX PLANCK RESEARCH UNIT FOR NEUROGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Neural cell adhesion molecule; Parkinson's disease; Plasticity; Polysialic acid; Tau

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; POLYSIALATED NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; POLYSIALYL NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL BODY; CELL POPULATION; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURKINJE CELL; STRATUM PYRAMIDALE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS RETICULATA; AGED; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; PARKINSON DISEASE; SIALIC ACIDS;

EID: 84975215492     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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