A network dysfunction perspective on neurodegenerative diseases

Jorge J. Palop, Jeannie Chin and Lennart Mucke ()
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Jorge J. Palop: University of California
Jeannie Chin: University of California
Lennart Mucke: University of California

Nature, 2006, vol. 443, issue 7113, 768-773

Abstract: Abstract Patients with Alzheimer's disease or other neurodegenerative disorders show remarkable fluctuations in neurological functions, even during the same day. These fluctuations cannot be caused by sudden loss or gain of nerve cells. Instead, it is likely that they reflect variations in the activity of neural networks and, perhaps, chronic intoxication by abnormal proteins that the brain is temporarily able to overcome. These ideas have far-reaching therapeutic implications.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1038/nature05289

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