Amyloid-β oligomers: their production, toxicity and therapeutic inhibition

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Despite extensive genetic and animal modelling data that support a central role for the amyloid beta-protein (A beta) in the genesis of Alzheimer's disease, the specific form(s) of A beta which causes injury to neurons in vivo has not been identified. In the present study, we examine the importance of soluble, pre-fibrillar assemblies of A beta as mediators of neurotoxicity. Specifically, we review the role of...

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