Brain region-specificity of palmitic acid-induced abnormalities associated with Alzheimer's disease

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease mostly affecting the basal forebrain, cortex and hippocampus whereas the cerebellum is relatively spared. The reason behind this region-specific brain damage i...

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Main Authors: Melrose Joseph, Balu Deebika, Patil Sachin, Chan Christina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-06-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/1/20