The role of STEP in Alzheimer's disease
Kurup P, Zhang Y, Venkitaramani DV, Xu J, Lombroso PJ. The role of STEP in Alzheimer's disease. Channels 2010, 4: 347-350. PMID: 20699650, PMCID: PMC3230511, DOI: 10.4161/chan.4.5.12910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) type glutamate receptorsAlzheimer's diseaseProtein tyrosine Phosphatase 61AD prefrontal cortexAD mouse modelType glutamate receptorsGlutamate receptor traffickingNeuronal surface membraneNMDAR internalizationAβ treatmentPutative causative agentGlutamate receptorsMouse modelCulture resultsGluN1/Prefrontal cortexDiseaseNeuronal membranesNMDAR endocytosisAdditional studiesAβCausative agentSurface expressionUbiquitin-proteasome systemReceptor complex