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Microtubule-stabilizing peptides and small molecules protecting axonal transport and brain function: focus on

Iddo Magen1, Illana Gozes

  • 1The Lily and Avraham Gildor Chair for the Investigation of Growth Factors, The Dr. Diana and Zelman Elton (Elbaum) Laboratory for Neuroendocrinology, The Adams Super Center for Brain Studies Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sagol School of Neuroscience, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.

Neuropeptides
|November 12, 2013
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Keywords:
ADADNPALSActivity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP)Alzheimer’s diseaseAxonal transportDavunetideKOMAPMEMRINAPNeurodegenerative diseasesNeurological disordersSTOPactivity-dependent neuroprotective proteinamyotrophic lateral sclerosisknockoutmanganese enhanced magnetic resonance imagingmicrotubule associated proteinstable tubule only peptide

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