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Transgenic animals in Alzheimer's disease research.
Reviews in the neurosciences - 1 Jan 1999
Sturchler-Pierrat C, Sommer B
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder of the brain accounting for about 50-70% of the typical late onset cases of dementia. The pathological and diagnostic hallmarks of the disease are principally the presence of extracellular deposits called neuritic amyloid plaques and the intracellular aggregation of neurofibrillary tangles. In addition selective neuronal cell loss accompanied by...
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