Dietary exposure to an environmental toxin triggers neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid deposits in the brain

Neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) and β-amyloid plaques are the neurological hallmarks of both Alzheimer's disease and an unusual paralytic illness suffered by Chamorro villagers on the Pacific island of Guam. Many Chamorros with the disease suffer dementia, and in some villages one-quarter of the...

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Autores principales: Cox, Paul Alan, Davis, David A., Mash, Deborah C., Metcalf, James S., Banack, Sandra Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4795023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26791617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2397

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4795023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26791617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2397

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