Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
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Boris DeCourt

Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City AZ, USA

Biography

Dr. Boris Decourt is a Molecular and Cellular Neurobiologist working on therapeutics and better diagnostic tools for Alzheimer's disease. His research interests includes conducting pre-clinical drug development projects for neurological disorders using a comprehensive set of techniques and pertinent models to demonstrate therapeutic efficacy. His areas of expertise are neuroscience-oriented molecular biology, cell culture, immunochemistry, protein biochemistry, and microscopy.

Publications

Recent Perspectives on APP, Secretases, Endosomal Pathways and How they Influence Alzheimer's Related Pathological Changes in Down Syndrome

Down syndrome is one of the most common genetic conditions occurring in one in 700 live births. The trisomy of chromosome 21 causes over-expression of APP which in turn is indicated in the increased production of Aβ associated with AD. This makes DS the most common presenile form of AD exceeding PS1 and PS2 FAD. Since a majority of DS individu... Read More»

Boris DeCourt, William Mobley, Eric Reiman, Raj Jatin Shah and Marwan N Sabbagh

Review Article: J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2013, S7-002

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460.S7-002

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