Calcium Ions Promote Formation of Amyloid β-Peptide (1–40) Oligomers Causally Implicated in Neuronal Toxicity of Alzheimer's Disease

• Anna Itkin,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Structure and Function of Biological Membranes, Center for Structural Biology and Bioinformatics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, International Center for Frontier Research in Chemistry, Chemistry Institute, Membrane Biophysics and NMR, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

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• Vincent Dupres,

  Affiliation Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

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• Yves F. Dufrêne,

  Affiliation Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

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• Burkhard Bechinger,

  Affiliation International Center for Frontier Research in Chemistry, Chemistry Institute, Membrane Biophysics and NMR, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

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• Jean-Marie Ruysschaert,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Structure and Function of Biological Membranes, Center for Structural Biology and Bioinformatics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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• Vincent Raussens

  * E-mail: vrauss@ulb.ac.be

  Affiliation Laboratory of Structure and Function of Biological Membranes, Center for Structural Biology and Bioinformatics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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