The beta-amyloid peptide, peptide self-assembly, and the emergence of biological activities. A new principle in peptide function and the induction of neuropathology

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1997 Apr 24:814:1-16. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb46140.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alzheimer Disease / etiology
  • Alzheimer Disease / pathology
  • Alzheimer Disease / physiopathology
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / chemistry*
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / physiology*
  • Apoptosis
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain / physiology*
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Cognition / physiology
  • Cross-Linking Reagents
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nerve Degeneration / physiology
  • Neurons / pathology
  • Neurons / physiology
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / chemistry
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / physiology
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Amyloid beta-Peptides
  • Cross-Linking Reagents
  • Receptors, Cell Surface