What is the role of "genetic mutation of neurons" in normal aging vs. the dementias?

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12 December 2017 1 7K Report

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Yahia Mehdi Seddik Cherifi

Hi Dannis

Please read this recent article, may be a good start for your question:

Michael A. Lodato, Rachel E. Rodin, Craig L. Bohrson, Michael E. Coulter, Alison R. Barton, Minseok Kwon, Maxwell A. Sherman, Carl M. Vitzthum, Lovelace J. Luquette, Chandri Yandava, Pengwei Yang, Thomas W. Chittenden, Nicole E. Hatem, Steven C. Ryu, Mollie B. Woodworth, Peter J. Park, Christopher A. Walsh. Aging and neurodegeneration are associated with increased mutations in single human neurons. Science, 2017

link to the article: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/12/06/science.aao4426

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