How Dementia Sabotage Memory Formation And Maintenance
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 18:10
in Psychology & Sociology
Memory loss is a debilitating consequence of dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), an incurable condition contributing to a progressive loss of cognitive function. But what is the cause of memory loss in AD? Previous work reveals that memory is encoded by molecular and structural changes in synaptic connections between neurons. read more