It had been thought that the most common type of dementia started in one place. The discovery opens the door to drugs that target the unique pattern of progression, say the international team, who examined the brain tissue of people with MCI (mild cognitive impairment) and full-blown Alzheimer’s as well as those of patients who […]
For the first time, researchers have used human data to quantify the speed of different processes that lead to Alzheimer's disease and found that it develops in a very different way than previously thought.