Oligodendrocytes damage in Alzheimer's disease: Beta amyloid toxicity and inflammation

Research on Alzheimer's disease (AD) focuses mainly on neuronal death and synaptic impairment induced by β-Amyloid peptide (Aβ), events at least partially mediated by astrocyte and microglia activation. However, substantial white matter damage and its consequences on brain fun...

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Main Authors: ALEJANDRO D ROTH, GIGLIOLA RAMÍREZ, RODRIGO ALARCÓN, ROMMY VON BERNHARDI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-01-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602005000400011