Effects of environment and aging on synaptic plasticity

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that causes a severe and global loss of cognitive function. The amyloid cascade hypothesis states that it is the deposition of amyloid Beta ABeta in AD that triggers neuronal dysfunction and cell death in the brain. Traditionally the neuro...

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Main Author: Hogg, Ellen Louise
Published: University of Bristol 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683563