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Case-control study of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) genetic variability in Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 19 Jun 2006
Mateo Ignacio, Llorca Javier, Infante Jon, Rodríguez-Rodríguez Eloy, Sánchez-Quintana Coro, Sánchez-Juan Pascual, Berciano José, Combarros Onofre
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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a major regulator of angiogenesis and blood vessel function. Recent evidence indicates that VEGF facilitates memory and learning through stimulating angiogenesis and neurogenesis in the rat hippocampal dendate gyrus. Abnormal regulation of VEGF expression has been reported in the pathogenesis of both atherosclerosis and motoneuron degeneration in amyotrophic lateral...
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