APP Homodimers Transduce an Amyloid-β-Mediated Increase in Release Probability at Excitatory Synapses

Accumulation of amyloid-β peptides (Aβ), the proteolytic products of the amyloid precursor protein (APP), induces a variety of synaptic dysfunctions ranging from hyperactivity to depression that are thought to cause cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease. While depression of synaptic transmission...

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Main Authors: Hilla Fogel, Samuel Frere, Oshik Segev, Shashank Bharill, Ilana Shapira, Neta Gazit, Tiernan O’Malley, Edden Slomowitz, Yevgeny Berdichevsky, Dominic M. Walsh, Ehud Y. Isacoff, Joel A. Hirsch, Inna Slutsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-06-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221112471400326X