Activity dependent degeneration explains hub vulnerability in Alzheimer's disease.

Brain connectivity studies have revealed that highly connected 'hub' regions are particularly vulnerable to Alzheimer pathology: they show marked amyloid-β deposition at an early stage. Recently, excessive local neuronal activity has been shown to increase amyloid deposition. In this study...

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Main Authors: Willem de Haan, Katherine Mott, Elisabeth C W van Straaten, Philip Scheltens, Cornelis J Stam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22915996/pdf/?tool=EBI