Chilean neurobiologists, with the assistance of French colleagues have shown that degue Chile – a small rodent – often suffers, as they age, a pathology similar to Alzheimer’s disease. It could provide an excellent model to study for researchers.
More : the (large audience French) article of Pour la Science, and the scientific publication. See also Degu Debut—The New Face of Sporadic Alzheimer’s Research?
This is an example of collaboration, beyond KEOpS, of the associated team CORTINA, with the Inria Chile center.
