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Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 knockout reduces cognitive impairment and pathogenesis in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
Molecular brain - 29 May 2014
Hamilton Alison, Esseltine Jessica L, DeVries Rebecca A, Cregan Sean P, Ferguson Stephen S G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology occurs in part as the result of excessive production of β-amyloid (Aβ). Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) is now considered a receptor for Aβ and consequently contributes to pathogenic Aβ signaling in AD. RESULTS: Genetic deletion of mGluR5 rescues the spatial learning deficits observed in APPswe/PS1ΔE9 AD mice. Moreover, both Aβ oligomer formation and Aβ...
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