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adj. - Related to an inflammatory or degenerative lesion of a nerve

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  • Purkinje neurons of different ages are endowed with intrinsic stage-specific competence for neuritic growth.
  • One GSM was tested in a transgenic mouse model designed to overproduce A-beta 42 and 40 and develop neuritic plaques.
  • We demonstrate that these compounds inhibit Aβ-induced neuronal death, neuritic degeneration and activation of calpain / cdk5,
  • Aberrant activation of the cdk5, GSK3β and JNK kinases leads to tau hyperphosphorylation, cytoskeletal disruption and neuritic dystrophy
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