UCI School of Medicine highlighted innovative probe performed successful the laboratory of Xiangmin Xu, PhD, UCI MIND module subordinate and prof and Chancellor’s Fellow of anatomy and neurobiology successful the UCI School of Medicine.  Dr. Xu and colleagues person recovered that sporadic Alzheimer’s illness tin beryllium modeled successful a non-murine rodent called the Chilean degu.

“Our findings, taken together, amusement spontaneous AD-like correlative phenotypes successful cognitive show and neuropathology successful aged, outbred degus. This supports that aged degus are a utile and applicable exemplary of earthy sporadic AD.” Xiangmin Xu

Read the nonfiction successful the February variation of the UCI School of Medicine News and Events

The Chilean Degu