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How does Alzheimer's disease begin?
Scientists from Harvard Medical School have found the cause of synapse loss at an early stage of Alzheimer's disease and proved that this process begins before the formation of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain.
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New data on the role of beta-amyloid and tau protein in Alzheimer's disease
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