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Hippocampal BDNF expression in a tau transgenic mouse model.
Current Alzheimer research - 1 May 2012
Burnouf Sylvie, Belarbi Karim, Troquier Laetitia, Derisbourg Maxime, Demeyer Dominique, Leboucher Antoine, Laurent Cyril, Hamdane Malika, Buee Luc, Blum David
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by extracellular accumulation of amyloid deposits and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) composed of hyperphosphorylated Tau proteins. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a neurotrophic factor playing a critical role in hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory and whose levels have been shown reduced in AD brains. While...
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