Alzheimer’s disease as an inflammatory disease

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative condition characterized by the formation of amyloid-β plaques, aggregated and hyperphosphorylated tau protein, activated microglia and neuronal cell death, ultimately leading to progressive dementia. In this short review, we focus on neuroinflammation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bolós Marta, Perea Juan Ramón, Avila Jesús
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2017-03-01
Series:Biomolecular Concepts
Subjects:
tau
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/bmc-2016-0029