Excessive/Aberrant and Maladaptive Synaptic Plasticity: A Hypothesis for the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease

The amyloid hypothesis for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is widely accepted. Last year, the US Food and Drug Administration considered amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) as a surrogate biomarker and approved an anti-Aβ antibody, aducanumab, although its effectiveness in slowing the progression of...

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Main Author: Shigeki Kawabata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2022.913693/full