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Soluble, oligomeric forms of amyloid-β have a higher neurotoxicity than either monomeric amyloid-β or mature amyloid-β fibrils105, 106.

From Nature • Nov. 8, 2016

In certain contexts, α-synuclein can also assume a variety of soluble or insoluble oligomeric forms30, 31, 32, although the precise physiological or pathological roles of such structures are contentious.

From Nature • Nov. 8, 2016

Researchers suspect that numerous other amyloid-linked diseases feature the same toxic, oligomeric mechanisms and involve a slow spread of pathology starting in the regions of the brain most vulnerable to the disorder.

From Nature • Jul. 13, 2011