Tara O'Donoghue

Australia

Hafiz Muhammad Husnain Azam

Germany

Abbie Harris

United Kingdom

Tommas Ellender

University of Antwerp
Belgium

Morgan Sheng on Do Synaptic Markers Foreshadow Cognitive Decline?

COMMENT Overall, this study is an important advance in molecular biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease. I am impressed by the robustness of the YWHAG:NPTX2 ratio in the CSF and how quantitative it is as a biomarker of cognitive impairment, independent of tau/Aβ meas

Morgan Sheng

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
United States

Rosie Downham

UCL
United Kingdom

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