Neurodegenerative disease: A programmed killer

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 18, 514 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.105 Author: Katherine Whalley Neuronal loss is a hallmark of Alzheimer disease (AD), but the mechanisms through which the neurons die are unclear. Here, the authors described evidence for the activation of necroptosis — a programmed form of necrosis that has been implicated in multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral
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