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The Malignant Protein Puzzle.

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: When most people hear the words malignant and brain, cancer immediately comes to mind. But our authors argue that proteins can be malignant too, and can spread harmfully through the brain in neurodegenerative diseases that include Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, CTE, and ALS. Studying how proteins such as PrP, amyloid beta, tau, and others aggregate and spread, and kill brain cells, represents a crucial new frontier in neuroscience.

Source: PubMed Central

Authors: Lary C Walker, Mathias Jucker

Language: English

Topic: Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Awards: Emory Neuroscience NINDS Core Facilities (ENNCF), Emory Alzheimer's Disease Center

OpenAlex ID: W2501527919

FWCI: 0.268

Cites: 30

Cited by: 1

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