Neurobiology of Disease Age-Dependent Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer-Amyloid Plaque Formation in Transgenic Drosophila
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Isabell Greeve,1,2 Doris Kretzschmar,3 Jakob-Andreas Tschäpe,3 Anika Beyn,1,5 Claire Brellinger,1 Michaela Schweizer,1 Roger M. Nitsch,1,4 and Rita Reifegerste1,5 1Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University of Hamburg, 20251 Hamburg, Germany, 2Department of Neurology, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland, 3Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201, 4Division of Psychiatry Research, University of Zurich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland, and 5Evotec Neurosciences GmbH, 22525 Hamburg, Germany
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