APP intracellular domain impairs adult neurogenesis in transgenic mice by inducing neuroinflammation.

A devastating aspect of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the progressive deterioration of memory due to neuronal loss. Amyloid precursor protein (APP) occupies a central position in AD and APP-derived amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptides are thought to play a pivotal role in disease pathogenesis. Nonethele...

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Main Authors: Kaushik Ghosal, Andrea Stathopoulos, Sanjay W Pimplikar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2912762?pdf=render