| Literature DB >> 11796255 |
Pascal Kurosinski, Mathias Guggisberg, Jürgen Götz.
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are the two most common neurodegenerative disorders in humans. They are characterized by insoluble protein deposits; beta-amyloid plaques and tau-containing neurofibrillary lesions in AD, and alpha-synuclein-containing Lewy bodies in PD. As a significant percentage of patients have clinical and pathological features of both diseases, the patho-cascades of the two diseases might overlap. For the first time, new animal models that express multiple transgenes provide the tools to dissect the pathogenic pathways and to differentiate between additive and synergistic effects.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11796255 DOI: 10.1016/s1471-4914(01)02246-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Mol Med ISSN: 1471-4914 Impact factor: 11.951