Alpha-synuclein biology in Lewy body diseases

Alzheimer's Research and Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kim, Woojin Scott ^a,b   Kagedal, Katarina ^c   Halliday, Glenda M ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; RIFAMPICIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALA; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LIPID MEMBRANE; NEUROTOXICITY; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCNA GENE; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84989160282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17589193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13195-014-0073-2     Document Type: Review

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