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Full reversal of Alzheimer's disease-like phenotype in a mouse model with conditional overexpression of glycogen synthase kinase-3.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 10 May 2006
Engel Tobias, Hernández Félix, Avila Jesús, Lucas José J
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Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is a ubiquitously expressed serine/threonine kinase that is particularly abundant in the CNS. Dysregulation of GSK-3 activity is believed to play a key role in the pathogenesis of CNS chronic disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), bipolar disorder, and Huntington's disease, and of metabolic disorders such as type II diabetes. Accordingly, GSK-3 inhibitors have been...
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