Science · 2016

Complement and microglia mediate early synapse loss in Alzheimer mouse models

Hong S, Beja-Glasser VF, Nfonoyim BM, Frouin A, Li S, Ramakrishnan S, Merry KM, Shi Q, Rosenthal A, Barres BA, Lemere CA, Selkoe DJ, Stevens B.

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  • Hong SF.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
  • Beja-Glasser VFF.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
  • Nfonoyim BMF.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
  • Frouin AF.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
  • Li SAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
  • Ramakrishnan SF.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
  • Merry KMF.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
  • Shi QAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
  • Rosenthal AAlector Inc., 953 Indiana St, San Francisco, California 94107, USA.
  • Barres BADepartment of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California 94305, USA.
  • Lemere CAAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
  • Selkoe DJAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
  • Stevens BF.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Omar Mueller

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Pablo Kim

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Eva Patel

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Liam Patel

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Lena Patel

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Ines Lee

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Ken Smith

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Alex Khan

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Jonas Silva

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Solid methods, convincing results.

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Mei Nguyen

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Alex Kim

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