APP knockout mice experience acute mortality as the result of ischemia.

The incidence of Alzheimer's disease increases in people who have had an ischemic episode. Furthermore, APP expression is increased following ischemic or hypoxic conditions, as is the production of the Aβ peptide. To address the question of why APP and Aβ are increased in hypoxic and ischemic c...

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Main Authors: Maya A Koike, Alexander J Lin, Jonathan Pham, Elaine Nguyen, James J Yeh, Rombod Rahimian, Bruce J Tromberg, Bernard Choi, Kim N Green, Frank M LaFerla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3415410?pdf=render