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Reduced Expression of the Inhibitory Synapse Scaffolding Protein Gephyrin in Alzheimer's Disease
11 Jun 2008
Abstract excerpt
Excitotoxicity may contribute to neuronal and synaptic loss in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Aberrant levels of gephyrin, a post-synaptic receptor-stabilizing protein, could affect the inhibitory modulation of excitatory impulses. We assayed gephyrin protein in two brain areas susceptible to neuronal loss in AD, and in a spared area, in autopsy tissue from normal subjects (n=15) and AD patients (n=5). Quantification...
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