Novel insights into the physiological function of the APP (GENE) family and its proteolytic fragments in synaptic plasticity

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Ludewig, Susann ^a   Korte, Martin ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein; Amyloid precursor like protein; Long term potentiation; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE; SECRETASE;

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN GENE; ARTICLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85011011268     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00161     Document Type: Article

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