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 — […]

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