Alzheimer′s disease: the silver tsunami of the 21 st century

Alzheimer′s disease: the silver tsunami of the 21 st century

Alzheimer′s disease (AD), a fatal progressive neurodegenerative disorder, has no cure to date. One of the causes of AD is the accumulation of amyloid-beta 42 (Aß42) plaques, which result in the onset of neurodegeneration. It is not known how these plaques trigger the onset of neurodegeneration. Ther...

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Main Authors: Ankita Sarkar, Madison Irwin, Aditi Singh, Matthew Riccetti, Amit Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Neural Regeneration Research
Subjects:
Alzheimer′s disease; neurodegeneration; amyloid plaques; amyloid hypothesis; animal models; drosophila melanogaster; drosophila eye
Online Access:http://www.nrronline.org/article.asp?issn=1673-5374;year=2016;volume=11;issue=5;spage=693;epage=697;aulast=Sarkar

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