Dietary exposure to an environmental toxin triggers neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid deposits in...
Dietary exposure to an environmental toxin triggers neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid deposits in the brain
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England: The Royal Society
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English
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Neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) and β-amyloid plaques are the neurological hallmarks of both Alzheimer's disease and an unusual paralytic illness suffered by Chamorro villagers on the Pacific island of Guam. Many Chamorros with the disease suffer dementia, and in some villages one-quarter of the adults perished from the disease. Like Alzheimer's, the...
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Dietary exposure to an environmental toxin triggers neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid deposits in the brain
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4795023
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4795023
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0962-8452
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1471-2954
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10.1098/rspb.2015.2397
