Rapid appearance and local toxicity of amyloid-β plaques in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
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Meyer-Luehmann, M., Spires-Jones, T. L., Prada, C., Garcia-Alloza, M., de Calignon, A., Rozkalne, A., Koenigsknecht-Talboo, J., Holtzman, D. M., Bacskai, B. J., & Hyman, B. T. (2008). Rapid appearance and local toxicity of amyloid-β plaques in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature, 451(7179), 720–724.

Authors 10
  1. Melanie Meyer-Luehmann (first)
  2. Tara L. Spires-Jones (additional)
  3. Claudia Prada (additional)
  4. Monica Garcia-Alloza (additional)
  5. Alix de Calignon (additional)
  6. Anete Rozkalne (additional)
  7. Jessica Koenigsknecht-Talboo (additional)
  8. David M. Holtzman (additional)
  9. Brian J. Bacskai (additional)
  10. Bradley T. Hyman (additional)
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