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Newest in this topic

  1. What we know about TMEM106B in neurodegeneration 2016-08-20
  2. Depression as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease: Genes, steroids, cytokines and neurogenesis - What do we need to know? 2015-12-30

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2 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2015 to 2016

Top journals

  • Acta neuropathologica 1
  • Frontiers in neuroendocrinology 1

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  1. What we know about TMEM106B in neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2016-08-20 Genetics

    Frontotemporal lobar degeneration is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting over 50,000 people in the United States alone.

  2. Depression as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease: Genes, steroids, cytokines and neurogenesis - What do we need to know?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Frontiers in neuroendocrinology 2015-12-30 Genetics

    Depression (MDD) is prodromal to, and a component of, Alzheimer's disease (AD): it may also be a trigger for incipient AD.

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