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Inflaming the Brain
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Inflaming the Brain

Hyung Jin Ahn, Sarah K Baker, Erin H Norris and Sidney Strickland
Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.), Vol.101(6), pp.991-993
03/20/2019
PMID: 30897363

Abstract

Exactly how cerebrovascular alterations contribute to Alzheimer's disease (AD) is still unknown. Merlini et al. (2019) show that blood-derived fibrinogen leads to dendritic spine elimination and cognitive deficit via microglial CD11b/CD18. Fibrinogen may be a significant contributor to AD pathogenesis.

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