Journal article
Brain type carnosinase in dementia: a pilot study
Abstract
BackgroundThe pathological processes underlying dementia are poorly understood and so are the markers which identify them. Carnosinase is a dipeptidase found almost exclusively in brain and serum. Carnosinase and its substrate carnosine have been linked to neuropathophysiological processes.MethodsCarnosinase activity was measured by a flourometric method in 37 patients attending a Geriatric Outpatient Clinic. There were 17 patients without …
Authors
Balion CM; Benson C; Raina PS; Papaioannou A; Patterson C; Ismaila AS
Journal
BMC Neurology, Vol. 7, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2007
DOI
10.1186/1471-2377-7-38
ISSN
1471-2377