New hypothesis to explain Alzheimer’s disease and age-related dementia

Building on recent research finding associations between a breakdown in the blood-brain barrier and the onset of cognitive impairment, a new study has homed in on a specific blood-clotting protein that can trigger synaptic damage after leaking into the brain.

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Category: Medical

Tags:

• Alzheimer's Disease
• Blood-brain barrier
• blood vessel
• Dementia
• Neuroscience
• Protein

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2RK7Cp4