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SUBMITTER: Cenini G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4252833 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cenini Giovanna G Fiorini Ada A Sultana Rukhsana R Perluigi Marzia M Cai Jian J Klein Jon B JB Head Elizabeth E Butterfield D Allan DA
Free radical biology & medicine 20140820
Down syndrome (DS) is one of the most common causes of intellectual disability, owing to trisomy of all or part of chromosome 21. DS is also associated with the development of Alzheimer disease (AD) neuropathology after the age of 40 years. To better clarify the cellular and metabolic pathways that could contribute to the differences in DS brain, in particular those involved in the onset of neurodegeneration, we analyzed the frontal cortex of DS subjects with or without significant AD pathology ...[more]