THE ALZHEIMER'S PLAQUES, TANGLES AND MEMORY DEFICITS MAY HAVE A COMMON ORIGIN - PART IV: CAN CALPAIN ACT AS a-SECRETASE?

Ming Chen¹ and Hugo L. Fernandez²

^1,2 Neuroscience Research Laboratory, Medical Research Service (151), Bay Pines VA Medical Center, Bay Pines, Florida 33744, USA. ² Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics; Department of Neurology and bDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, 33612, USA

Received 11/25/98 Accepted 12/4/98

Send correspondence to:

Ming Chen, Ph.D,
Medical Research Service (151),
Bay Pines VA Medical Center,
Bay Pines, Florida 33744

Tel: (727)-398-6661, Ext 4049,
Fax: (727)-398-9467,
E-mail: michen@com1.med.usf.edu