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Neuropeptide kyotorphin (tyrosyl-arginine) has decreased levels in the cerebro-...
Santos, Sara Matos; Garcia-Nimo, Laura; Sá Santos, Sónia; Tavares, Isaura; Cocho, José A.; Castanho, Miguel A. R. B.In Alzheimer’s disease (AD), besides the characteristic deterioration of memory, studies also point to a higher pain tolerance in spite of sensibility preservation. A change in the normal tau protein phosphorylation is also characteristic of AD, which contributes to the pathogenesis of the disease and is useful in early diagnosis. Kyotorphin (KTP) is an endoge-nous analgesic dipeptide (Tyr-Arg) for which there ...
Date: 2013
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Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa