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Jennie Erin Smith

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How an unpopular hypothesis linking Alzheimer’s disease to the loss of crucial neurons made a comeback

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6af7f9e3a3236dc65aee5d57 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aeo0622

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