Abstract:Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains the most prevalent cause of elderly dementia, posing an increasingly important health problem as the population ages [1]. AD is a neurodegenerative disorder defined by the presence of extracellular deposits of β-amyloid (Aβ), intraneuronal accumulations of neurofibrillary tangles containing hyperphosporylated tau protein, and the progressive loss of synapses and neurons that correlate with atrophy of brain regions [2]. Specific areas of the brain that show particularly severe n… Show more
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