CONFERENCE COVERAGE SERIES
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2006
Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
14 – 18 October 2006
SfN Satellite Symposium: Neurotoxic Mechanisms in Alzheimer Disease
On Friday, October 13, the day before the kick-off of the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Atlanta,...
SfN and More: Two Faces of TGF-β Revealed by Dead End Receptor
The yin and yang of transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) is nowhere more apparent than in Alzheimer disease...
SfN: Aβ Conformation and Location Figure in Toxicity
At this year’s annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, a grab bag of studies on the amyloid-β peptide highlighted some outstanding questions...
SfN: The Old and the New—BACE and Cathepsin B Share the β-secretase Stage
A lively platter of slide talks on APP processing and β-secretase (BACE) activities yielded a few interesting tidbits on the...
Alzforum Awards at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Atlanta
The Alzforum Awards have become an annual ritual to recognize altruism among Alzheimer researchers...
The Skinny on FAT: APP’s Role in Fast Axonal Transport
In neurons, APP-laden vesicles powered by kinesin motors ride from the cell body out to synapses. But is APP just a passenger, or does the protein sit in the driver’s seat?...