METHOD OF DETECTING NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE OR DYSFUNCTION

摘要

This invention relates to a method of detecting and diagnosing neurological disease or dysfunction using antibodies against a neuro- logical form of Pancreatic Thread Protein (nPTP). Specifically, this invention is directed to a method of diagnosing Alzheimer'.s Disease, Down's Syndrome, and other neurological diseases or dysfunctions by using monoclonal antibodies and combinations of those monoclonal antibodies to detect nPTP. The invention also relates to the substan- tially pure form of nPTP. The invention additionally relates to a method of diagnosing pancreatic disease using antibodies against Pancreatic Thread Protein.