Abstract:Alzheimers disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease which presents clinically with progressive loss of memory, executive function and cognitive abilities.Traditionally AD is diagnosed post-mortem by presence of two hallmark lesions, extracellular plaques comprised of amyloid-beta (Aβ) and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) containing hyperphosphorylated microtubule-associated protein tau.The current available therapies for the treatment of AD only provide mild symptomatic relief and ca… Show more
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