How the formation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles may be related: a mathematical modelling study

DOI10.1098/rspa.2017.0777zbMath1402.92099OpenAlexW2785609893WikidataQ53396189 ScholiaQ53396189MaRDI QIDQ4559556

Andrey V. Kuznetsov, Ivan A. Kuznetsov

Publication date: 4 December 2018

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2017.0777

zbMATH Keywords

mathematical modellingAlzheimer's diseaseneuronaxontau proteinamyloid precursor protein

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Neural biology (92C20) Medical applications (general) (92C50)

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