The molecular pathology of Alzheimer’s disease

Gene Dose of Apolipoprotein E Type 4 Allele and the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease in Late Onset Families

Elizabeth H. Corder, Ann M. Saunders, Warren J. Strittmatter et al. · Science · 1993 · 9.5K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Neurology +17

Segregation of a missense mutation in the amyloid precursor protein gene with familial Alzheimer's disease

Alison Goate, Marie‐Christine Chartier‐Harlin, Jeremy Brown et al. · Nature · 1991 · 4.6K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +16

β-Secretase Cleavage of Alzheimer's Amyloid Precursor Protein by the Transmembrane Aspartic Protease BACE

Robert Vassar, Brian D. Bennett, Safura Babu‐Khan et al. · Science · 1999 · 3.8K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +17

Association of missense and 5′-splice-site mutations in tau with the inherited dementia FTDP-17

Mike Hutton, Corinne Lendon, Patrizia Rizzu et al. · Nature · 1998 · 3.5K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Neurology +14

Secreted amyloid β–protein similar to that in the senile plaques of Alzheimer's disease is increased in vivo by the presenilin 1 and 2 and APP mutations linked to familial Alzheimer's disease

Donalyn Scheuner, Christopher B. Eckman, M. Jensen et al. · Nature Medicine · 1996 · 2.6K citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +16