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Peripheral Delivery of Ganglioside GM1 Exacerbates the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease in a Mouse Model

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81701046) and Chongqing Science and Technology Commission (cstc2018jcyjAX0664).

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Yang, CC., Cheng, Y., Yang, HM. et al. Peripheral Delivery of Ganglioside GM1 Exacerbates the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease in a Mouse Model. Neurosci. Bull. 38, 95–98 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-021-00768-8

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