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Study provides insight into evolution of amyloid-β oligomer with temporary salt crystals – News-Medical.Net

Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia worldwide and a major cause of disability. Now, researchers at Osaka University and Hokkaido University have shown that repeated precipitation-dissolution events of salt crystals do occur even at low salt c…

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Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Jul 27 2020
Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia worldwide and a major cause of disability. Now, researchers at Osaka University and Hokkaido University have shown that repeated precipitation-dissolution events of salt crystals do occur even at low salt concentrations in nanoscales, and that it can accelerate the aggregation of the neurotoxic amyloid-β peptides implicated in its pathogenesis.
The human brain comprises around 86 billion neurons,…

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