Researchers discover a mechanism of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

Friday, March 27, 2009 - 10:04 in Biology & Nature

Tiny, toxic protein particles severely disrupt neurotransmission and inhibit delivery of key proteins in Alzheimer's disease, two separate studies by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) researchers have found. The particles are minute clumps of amyloid beta, which has long been known to accumulate and form plaques in the brain of Alzheimer's patients...

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