🔬Yamanashi University School of Medicine discovers causative molecule of refractory neurodegenerative disease “Alexander disease”
Department of Pharmacology, Yamanashi University School of Medicine Professor Koizumi Shuichi, Professor Eiji Shigetomi, Faculty of Economics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine Neurosurgical Sciences Saito Mitsudo Assistant Professor, Associate Professor Yoshida Seihatsu, Professor Mizuno Toshiki, etc. are Keio University University of Medical School Psychiatry and Neuroscience Department Associate Professor Kenji Tanaka, Professor Kazuhiro Ikeaka, Institute of Physiology, Collaborating with RIKEN Katsuhiko Miko Shiba Team Leaders, Mouse experiments showed that the progress of Alexander’s disease (AxD) , Which is caused by the Ca2 + signal excitability of brain cells called astrocytes being increased.
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