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Lithium improves hippocampal neurogenesis, neuropathology and cognitive functions in APP mutant mice.
PloS one - 20 Dec 2010
Fiorentini Anna, Rosi Maria Cristina, Grossi Cristina, Luccarini Ilaria, Casamenti Fiorella
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BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive deterioration of cognitive functions, extracellular β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles within neocortex and hippocampus. Adult hippocampal neurogenesis plays an important role in learning and memory processes and its abnormal regulation might account for cognitive impairments associated...
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