Brain neurons re-entering the cell cycle age quickly and shift to senescence, particularly in neurodegenerative disease

Brain neurons re-entering the cell cycle age quickly and shift to senescence, particularly in neurodegenerative disease

Post-mitotic neurons in the brain that re-enter the cell cycle quickly succumb to senescence, and this re-entry is more common in Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study published April 9 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Kim Hai-Man Chow and colleagues at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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