The zinc dyshomeostasis hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly. Hallmark AD neuropathology includes extracellular amyloid plaques composed largely of the amyloid-β protein (Aβ), intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) composed of hyper-phosphorylated microtubule-associated pro...

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Main Authors: Travis J A Craddock, Jack A Tuszynski, Deepak Chopra, Noel Casey, Lee E Goldstein, Stuart R Hameroff, Rudolph E Tanzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22457776/?tool=EBI