Blood platelets in the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by neurotoxic amyloid-ß plaque formation in brain parenchyma and cerebral blood vessels known as cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). Besides CAA, AD is strongly related to vascular diseases such as stroke and atherosclerosis. Cerebrovascular dysfunction...

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Main Authors: Nina S Gowert, Lili Donner, Madhumita Chatterjee, Yvonne S Eisele, Seyda T Towhid, Patrick Münzer, Britta Walker, Isabella Ogorek, Oliver Borst, Maria Grandoch, Martin Schaller, Jens W Fischer, Meinrad Gawaz, Sascha Weggen, Florian Lang, Mathias Jucker, Margitta Elvers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3938776?pdf=render