Brain’s Immune System May Trigger Dementia
Friday, April 22, 2016 - 17:10
in Health & Medicine
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the second most common cause of dementia in people under 65, may be triggered by a defect in immune cells called microglia that causes them to consume the brain’s synaptic connections, according to new research led by UCSF scientists. The new study – published April 21, 2016 in the journal Cell — […]