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New mouse model of Alzheimer's.
ACS chemical neuroscience - 16 Jul 2014
Nilsson Per, Saito Takashi, Saido Takaomi C
Abstract excerpt
Amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) accumulation is a key characteristic of Alzheimer's disease (AD); therefore, mouse models of AD exhibiting Aβ pathology are valuable tools for unraveling disease mechanisms. However, the overexpression of Aβ precursor protein (APP) used in previous mouse models may cause Aβ-independent artifacts that influence data interpretation. To circumvent these problems, we used an APP knock-in (KI)...
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