Diffusible, nonfibrillar ligands derived from Abeta1-42 are potent central nervous system neurotoxins.

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Summary

It is hypothesized that impaired synaptic plasticity and associated memory dysfunction during early stage Alzheimer's disease and severe cellular degeneration and dementia during end stage could be caused by the biphasic impact of Abeta-derived diffusible ligands acting upon particular neural signal transduction pathways.

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1998-05-26
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Neuroprotection, Neurotoxicity, FYN, Neurotoxin, Neuroscience

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