Science · 2002

Alzheimer's disease is a synaptic failure

Selkoe DJ.

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  • Selkoe DJ — Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration and Repair, Boston, MA 02115, USA. selkoe@cnd.bwh.harvard.edu
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33 read8 want to readRigor 2.8Novelty 3.2Impact 2.8Reprod. 2.7

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Sara Silva

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Interesting idea, small sample.

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Maya Cohen

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Mei Cohen

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Important contribution to the field.

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Nadia Cohen

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Nice but incremental.

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Noor Kim

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Nice but incremental.

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Ken Kim

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Jonas Mueller

Rigor 4/5Novelty 2/5Impact 2/5Reprod. 1/5

Important contribution to the field.

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Omar Garcia

Rigor 1/5Novelty 4/5Impact 1/5Reprod. 1/5

Great figures and clear story.

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Jonas Smith

Rigor 5/5Novelty 2/5Impact 4/5Reprod. 1/5

Nice but incremental.

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Omar Mueller

Rigor 1/5Novelty 4/5Impact 4/5Reprod. 2/5

Interesting idea, small sample.

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Liam Smith

Rigor 2/5Novelty 5/5Impact 2/5Reprod. 4/5

Great figures and clear story.