Targeting Autophagy for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease: Challenges and Opportunities
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia which characterized by a progressive loss of memory and cognitive function due to degeneration of synapses and axons. Currently, there is no cure for AD. Deposition of extracellular amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and intracellular tau neurofibrill...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnmol.2019.00203/full |