amyloid beta-peptide

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amyloid beta-peptide

or amyloid beta-protein
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Toward a comprehensive theory for Alzheimer's disease Hypothesis: Alzheimer's disease is caused by the cerebral accumulation and cytotoxicity of amyloid beta-protein. Ann N Y Acad Sci.
Rojas, "Giant multilevel cation channels formed by Alzheimer-disease amyloid beta-protein [a-beta-P-(1-40)] in bilayer-membranes," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol.
(1999) Protofibrillar intermediates of amyloid beta-protein induce acute electrophysiological changes and progressive neurotoxicity in cortical neurons.
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