Cognitively impaired aged Octodon degus recapitulate major neuropathological features of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease
Abstract The long-lived Chilean rodent (Octodon degus) has been reported to show spontaneous age-dependent neuropathology and cognitive impairments similar to those observed in human AD. However, the handful of published papers on degus of differing genetic backgrounds yield inconsistent findings ab...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-12-01
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Series: | Acta Neuropathologica Communications |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40478-022-01481-x |