Computational identification of potential multitarget treatments for ameliorating the adverse effects of amyloid-beta on synaptic plasticity

The leading hypothesis on Alzheimer Disease (AD) is that it is caused by buildup of the peptide amyloid-beta (Abeta), which initially causes dysregulation of synaptic plasticity and eventually causes destruction of synapses and neurons. Pharmacological efforts to limit Abeta buildup have proven inef...

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Main Author: Thomas J. Anastasio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2014.00085/full