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Newest in this topic

  1. Evidence for human transmission of amyloid-β pathology and cerebral amyloid angiopathy 2015-09-01
  2. Sleep and circadian abnormalities in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease: a role for cholinergic transmission 2005-01-01

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2 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2005 to 2015

Top journals

  • Nature 1
  • Neuroscience 1

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  1. Evidence for human transmission of amyloid-β pathology and cerebral amyloid angiopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Nature 2015-09-01 Genetics

    More than two hundred individuals developed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) worldwide as a result of treatment, typically in childhood, with human cadaveric pituitary-derived growth hormone contaminated with prions.

  2. Sleep and circadian abnormalities in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease: a role for cholinergic transmission

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuroscience 2005-01-01 Brain scans and imaging

    The Tg2576 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD) exhibits age-dependent amyloid beta (Abeta) deposition in the brain.

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