Testing the Amyloid Hypothesis with a Humanized AD Mouse Model
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In this issue of Neuron, Espuny-Camacho et al. (2017) generate a humanized Alzheimer's disease (AD) model that reveals species-specific vulnerability of human neurons to AD pathology. This model provides key insights for disease mechanism and therapeutic discovery for AD.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Neuron
دوره 93 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017