A new target for amyloid beta toxicity validated by standard and high-throughput electrophysiology.

Soluble oligomers of amyloid beta (Abeta) are considered to be one of the major contributing factors to the development of Alzheimer's disease. Most therapeutic development studies have focused on toxicity directly at the synapse.Patch clamp studies detailed here have demonstrated that soluble...

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Main Authors: Kucku Varghese, Peter Molnar, Mainak Das, Neelima Bhargava, Stephen Lambert, Mark S Kindy, James J Hickman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2799531?pdf=render