Silas A. Buck

Targeting protein aggregate co-pathologies in neurodegeneration: a viable therapeutic strategy?

Many neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by pathological protein aggregation in the brain. Alzheimer’s disease displays amyloid-β and tau inclusions in the form of amyloid-β plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles. Synucleinopathies comprise Parkinson’s disease and Dementia with Lewy bodies, which are classifi...