Specific protein as missing link for earliest known change in Alzheimer's pathology
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 15:30
in Biology & Nature
A recent study implicates a new culprit in Alzheimer's disease development. The research reveals that a precursor of an amyloid beta peptide acts at the earliest stage of Alzheimer's to initiate a range of abnormalities leading to the loss of groups of neurons critical for memory formation.