[Morphological and functional abnormalities in neuromuscular junctions of Drosophila melanogaster induced by the expression of human APP gene].

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the loss of neurocortical and hippocampal synapses that precedes amyloidosis and neurodegeneration and closely correlates with memory impairment. Mutations in the amyloid precursor protein (APP) cause familial AD and result in the increased production of amyloid-beta-protein (Abeta). To gain insights into synaptic effects of APP, we...

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