A Familial Alzheimers Disease Associated Mutation in Presenilin-1 Mediates Amyloid-Beta Independent Cell Specific Neurodegeneration
Mahraz Parvand, Joseph Liang, Tahereh Bozorgmehr, Dawson Born, Alvaro Luna Cortes, Catharine H. Rankin
This study shows that a familial Alzheimer's disease mutation in presenilin-1 causes cell-specific neurodegeneration in C. elegans independent of amyloid-beta, which is rescued by over-expression of wild-type human presenilin.
PLoS ONE · Sep 6, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience