2 papers
q-bio.BM2020
The role of clearance mechanisms in the kinetics of toxic protein aggregates involved in neurodegenerative diseases
Travis B. Thompson, Georg Meisl, Tuomas Knowles +1
Protein aggregates in the brain play a central role in cognitive decline and structural damage associated with neurodegenerative diseases. For instance, in Alzheimer's disease the…
q-bio.CB2020
Anisotropic Diffusion and Traveling Waves of Toxic Proteins in Neurodegenerative Diseases
P. G. Kevrekidis, Travis Thompson, Alain Goriely
Neurodegenerative diseases are closely associated with the amplification and invasion of toxic proteins. In particular Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the systematic progre…