Study Reveals Key Alzheimer's Pathway – And Blocking It Reverses Symptoms in Mice

Study Reveals Key Alzheimer's Pathway – And Blocking It Reverses Symptoms in Mice

A sequence of stress signals among specialized clean-up cells in the brain could at last reveal why some immune responses can cause significant nerve degeneration that results in the loss of memory, judgement, and awareness behind Alzheimer's disease.

New study challenges long-held beliefs about Alzheimer’s and memory loss

Adult aging remains the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), with its prevalence doubling approximately every five years after the age of 65. AD manifests through cognitive difficulties, such as memory loss, executive dysfunction, and impaired sensory and motor processing. These symptoms arise from failures across interconnected brain systems within a large-scale brain network. Understanding these changes and distinguishing them f…