Neurobiology of Disease Synaptic Targeting by Alzheimer’s-Related Amyloid Oligomers
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Pascale N. Lacor,1 Maria C. Buniel,1 Lei Chang,1 Sara J. Fernandez,1 Yuesong Gong,1 Kirsten L. Viola,1 Mary P. Lambert,1 Pauline T. Velasco,1 Eileen H. Bigio,2 Caleb E. Finch,3 Grant A. Krafft,4 and William L. Klein1 1Neurobiology and Physiology Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, 2Neuropathology Core, Northwestern Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, 3Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, and 4Acumen Pharmaceuticals, Glenview, Illinois 60025
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