Alzheimer's disease: the amyloid cascade hypothesis: an update and reappraisal.
Here I recap the scientific and personal background of the delineation of the amyloid cascade hypothesis for Alzheimer's disease that I wrote with Gerry Higgins and the events leading to the writing of that influential review.
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John
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Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, Porter Neuroscience Building, 35, Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD20892, USA. hardyj@mail.nih.gov
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