N-acetylcholinesterase-induced apoptosis in Alzheimer's disease.

<h4>Background</h4>Alzheimer's disease (AD) involves loss of cholinergic neurons and Tau protein hyper-phosphorylation. Here, we report that overexpression of an N-terminally extended "synaptic" acetylcholinesterase variant, N-AChE-S is causally involved in both these phen...

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Main Authors: Debra Toiber, Amit Berson, David Greenberg, Naomi Melamed-Book, Sophia Diamant, Hermona Soreq
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18769671/pdf/?tool=EBI