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Rapid, concurrent alterations in pre- and postsynaptic structure induced by naturally-secreted amyloid-beta protein.
Molecular and cellular neurosciences - 1 Jun 2007
Calabrese Barbara, Shaked Gideon M, Tabarean Iustin V, Braga Julia, Koo Edward H, Halpain Shelley
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In Alzheimer's disease increasing evidence attributes synaptic and cognitive deficits to soluble oligomers of amyloid beta protein (Abeta), even prior to the accumulation of amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and neuronal cell death. Here we show that within 1-2 h picomolar concentrations...
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