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Alzheimer’s risk gene undermines insulation of brain’s ‘wiring’

November 16, 2022 by

In people carrying the APOE4 risk variant, a key brain cell type mismanages cholesterol needed to insulate neurons properly --another sign that APOE4 contributes to disease by disrupting lipids in the brain.

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