Calpain-Mediated Degradation of Drebrin by Excitotoxicity In vitro and In vivo

The level of drebrin, an evolutionarily conserved f-actin-binding protein that regulates synaptic structure and function, is reduced in the brains of patients with chronic neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Down’s syndrome (DS). It was suggested that excitotoxic neuronal...

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Main Authors: Chimura, Takahiko, Launey, Thomas, Yoshida, Nobuaki
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4408054/