Year: 2021
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Dementia is a syndrome that affects memory, thinking, behavior, and the ability to perform everyday activities (Ninomiya, 2019).Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a major type of neurodegenerative dementia, accounting for more than 70% of all cases (Gale et al., 2018).AD is characterized by two well-known pathological hallmarks in the brain, the aggregation of β amyloid (Aβ) into plaques and the aggregation of hyperphosphorylated tau protein into neurofibrillary tangles (Selkoe, 2000).It has been over 100 years since the
Author: MAZZEI, CORIA GUIANFRANCO
Language: English
Subfield: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7208235082