Brings together key researchers from diverse biochemical areas to focus on signal-transduction dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease. Specific topics include modulation of beta-amyloid production and fibrillization, genetic dissection of primary neurodegenerative diseases, neurofibrillary tangles and tau phosphorylation, and apolipoprotein E gene and Alzheimer's disease. Other subjects include regulation of gene expression by muscarinic acetylcholine...