An overlooked neurotoxic species in Alzheimer's disease

被引:13
作者
Benilova, Iryna [1 ,2 ]
De Strooper, Bart [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Leuven, Ctr Human Genet, Louvain, Belgium
[2] Flanders Inst Biotechnol, Dept Mol & Dev Genet, Louvain, Belgium
关键词
AMYLOID-BETA-PROTEIN; GAMMA-SECRETASE; PRESENILIN MUTATIONS; HYPOTHESIS; A-BETA-40;
D O I
10.1038/nn.2871
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 [神经生物学];
摘要
A study now finds early memory impairment in a mouse model of amyloid beta 43 (A beta 43)-overproducing familial Alzheimer's disease and suggests that this overlooked amyloidogenic A beta species contributes to pathology.
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页码:949 / 950
页数:2
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