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Infectious prions do not induce Aβ deposition in an in vivo seeding model

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This study was partly supported by the EC Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Diseases (REfrAME and NeuTarget), CJD Foundation Inc. and German Ministry of Education and Research Programme (UndoAD). We also thank K. Hartmann and U. Obermüller for technical assistance.

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  1. German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

    Jay Rasmussen, Juliane Schelle & Mathias Jucker

  2. Department of Cellular Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

    Jay Rasmussen, Juliane Schelle & Mathias Jucker

  3. Graduate Training Center of Neuroscience-Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, 72074, Tübingen, Germany

    Jay Rasmussen & Juliane Schelle

  4. Institute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf UKE, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Susanne Krasemann, Hermann Altmeppen & Markus Glatzel

  5. Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    Petra Schwarz & Adriano Aguzzi

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Rasmussen, J., Krasemann, S., Altmeppen, H. et al. Infectious prions do not induce Aβ deposition in an in vivo seeding model. Acta Neuropathol 135, 965–967 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-018-1848-5

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