Interactions of pathological proteins in neurodegenerative diseases

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 187-205

  Spires Jones, Tara L ^a   Attems, Johannes ^b   Thal, Dietmar Rudolf ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Amyloid beta; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Frontotemporal lobar degeneration; Lewy body; Synuclein; Tau; TDP 43

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TDP-43 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOACCUMULATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

AGING; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 85017448305     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-017-1709-7     Document Type: Review

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