Metabolism models may explain why Alzheimer's disease kills some neuron types first

Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 22:30 in Biology & Nature

Bioengineers developed an explanation for why some types of neurons die sooner than others in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. These insights come from detailed models of brain energy metabolism.

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