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Brain

Known as: Brains, Encephalon, Encephalons 
The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of… 
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
GSK-3α regulates production of Alzheimer's disease amyloid-β peptides
Alzheimer's disease is associated with increased production and aggregation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides. Aβ peptides are derived… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Formation of Neurofibrillary Tangles in P301L Tau Transgenic Mice Induced by Aβ42 Fibrils
β-Amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) are the defining neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, but… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
An Unfolded Putative Transmembrane Polypeptide, which Can Lead to Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress, Is a Substrate of Parkin
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Constitutive and regulated alpha-secretase cleavage of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein by a disintegrin metalloprotease.
Amyloid beta peptide (Abeta), the principal proteinaceous component of amyloid plaques in brains of Alzheimer's disease patients… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The ubiquitin pathway in Parkinson's disease
Mutations of the α-synuclein gene, have been identified in some familial forms of Parkinson's disease, and α-synuclein protein… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Accelerated Alzheimer-type phenotype in transgenic mice carrying both mutant amyloid precursor protein and presenilin 1 transgenes
Genetic causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) include mutations in the amyloid precursor protein (APP), presenilin 1 (PS1), and… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Dopamine neuron agenesis in Nurr1-deficient mice.
Dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area regulate movement and affective behavior and degenerate in… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Differentiation of newly born neurons and glia in the dentate gyrus of the adult rat
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Cleavage of amyloid beta peptide during constitutive processing of its precursor.
The amyloid beta peptide (A beta P) is a small fragment of the much larger, broadly distributed amyloid precursor protein (APP… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Mode of cell migration to the superficial layers of fetal monkey neocortex
  • P. Rakić
  • The Journal of comparative neurology
  • 1972
  • Corpus ID: 41001390
Golgi and electronmicroscopic methods were used to define the shapes and intercellular relationships of cells migrating from… 
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