Dietary exposure to an environmental toxin triggers neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid deposits in the brain

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...

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Main Authors: Cox, Paul Alan, Davis, David A., Mash, Deborah C., Metcalf, James S., Banack, Sandra Anne
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4795023/