On the issue of transmissibility of Alzheimer disease: a critical review.
Results from recent experiments with rodents imply that Alzheimer disease might be inducible by seeding Aβ peptides into recipient animals. In respect to this new experimental data, public health aspects as well as epidemiological data have to be reevaluated. In this article, the available experimental and epidemiological data are reviewed.
Clinical Dementia Center, Department of Neurology, Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany. cschmid2@gwdg.de
Christian
C
Schmidt
André
A
Karch
Carsten
C
Korth
Inga
I
Zerr
D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans
D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides