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The link between laughing death and Alzheimer's disease
Author(s) -
Greener Mark
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.353
Subject(s) - disease , psychology , link (geometry) , medicine , computer science , computer network
Research that began by investigating Kuru (the laughing death) is now helping us understand several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease. Mark Greener reports on recent developments.