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 excitotoxi...

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Main Authors: Takahiko Chimura, Thomas Launey, Nobuaki Yoshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4408054?pdf=render