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Suggesting ERBB4 Overexpression as an Important Mechanism in Alzheimer's Disease

Researchers here suggest that increased ERBB4 expression in neurons is an important driving mechanism in the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease. Mice do not normal exhibit anything like Alzheimer's disease, so the models induce forms of dysfunction that result in something resembling Alzheimer's in humans.

Suggesting ERBB4 Overexpression as an Important Mechanism in Alzheimer's Disease

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Researchers here suggest that increased ERBB4 expression in neurons is an important driving mechanism in the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease.

Mice do not normal exhibit anything like Alzheimer's disease, so the models induce forms of dysfunction that result in something resembling Alzheimer's in humans.

The model embodies assumptions about relevant mechanisms that may not be correct, and this is one of the reasons why progress towards therapies has been slow and painful.

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Researchers here suggest that increased ERBB4 expression in neurons is an important driving mechanism in the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease. Mice do not normal exhibit anything like Alzheimer's disease, so the models induce forms of dysfunction that result in something resembling Alzheimer's in humans. The model embodies assumptions about relevant mechanisms that may not be correct, and this is one of the reasons why progress towards therapies has been slow and painful.

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  • One has to be cautious with such findings, even given the effort made by the researchers to show that human data is compatible with the hypothesis, because the mouse models of Alzheimer's disease in which...

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