Rapamycin Treatment Ameliorates Age-Related Accumulation of Toxic Metabolic Intermediates in Brains of the Ts65Dn Mouse Model of Down Syndrome and Aging

Down syndrome (DS), caused by trisomy of chromosome 21, is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability. Individuals with DS exhibit changes in neurochemistry and neuroanatomy that worsen with age, neurological delay in learning and memory, and predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease. The...

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Main Authors: Nathan Duval, Guido N. Vacano, David Patterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnagi.2018.00263/full