Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 713-718 , May 2007

Transthyretin and Alzheimer's disease: Where in the brain?

  • João Carlos Sousa

      Affiliations

    • Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
    • ICBAS, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • Isabel Cardoso

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • Fernanda Marques

      Affiliations

    • Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
    • ,
  • Maria João Saraiva

      Affiliations

    • ICBAS, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
    • Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • Joana Almeida Palha

      Affiliations

    • Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +351 253604817; fax: +351 253604809.

Received 12 August 2005 ,Revised 24 March 2006 ,Accepted 31 March 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.03.015

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 713-718 , May 2007

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