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Amyloid-β (Aβ)
Synonyms: Abeta
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Papers
- Ittner LM, Götz J. Amyloid-β and tau--a toxic pas de deux in Alzheimer's disease. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2011 Feb;12(2):65-72. PubMed.
- Mucke L, Selkoe DJ. Neurotoxicity of Amyloid β-Protein: Synaptic and Network Dysfunction. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2012 Jul;2(7):a006338. PubMed.
- Palop JJ, Mucke L. Amyloid-beta-induced neuronal dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease: from synapses toward neural networks. Nat Neurosci. 2010 Jul;13(7):812-8. PubMed.