Pathway that contributes to Alzheimer's disease revealed by research

Saturday, September 20, 2014 - 05:01 in Biology & Nature

A defect in a key cell-signaling pathway has been discovered that researchers say contributes to both overproduction of toxic protein in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients as well as loss of communication between neurons — both significant contributors to this type of dementia.

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