Funding for this research was provided by:
Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE2014-T2-2-043 and MOE2016-T2-2-018)
National Medical Research Council of Singapore (NMRC-OF-IRG-0003-2016)
National Healthcare Group Small Innovative Grant (Grant # 13018)
Article History
Received: 20 August 2018
Accepted: 22 January 2019
First Online: 28 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Frozen brain samples of the medial frontal gyrus from AD patients and age-matched controls were obtained from Netherlands Brain Bank, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The scientific use of the human material was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and informed consent was obtained from all patients or the guardians of the patients prior to donation of brain tissues upon their death. All procedures were approved and performed in accordance with the ethical guidelines of the Nanyang Technological University ethics board.
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