Title: amyloid plaque
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - amyloid plaque
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.11582
Status: current

Definition
Structure representing extracellular deposition of $\ce{\upbeta\!\mbox{-}amyloid protein}$ in the gray matter of the brain that occurs with aging and in increased amount in Alzheimer disease.

Related Terms
- Alzheimer disease: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11574
- brain: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11647
- β-amyloid: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11581

Source
- PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 846 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11582/xml

Citation: Citation: 'amyloid plaque' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.11582
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