Researchers Uncover Toxic Interaction in Neurons that Leads to Dementia and ALS
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida have uncovered a toxic cellular process by which a protein that maintains the health of neurons becomes deficient and can lead to dementia. The findings shed new light on the link between culprits implicated in two devastating neurological diseases: frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.