Missing link in signals contributes to neurodegeneration

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

In many neurodegenerative diseases the neurons of the brain are over-stimulated and this leads to their destruction. After many failed attempts and much scepticism this process was finally shown last year to be a possible basis for treatment in some patients with stroke. But very few targets for drugs to block this process are known.

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