A team of researchers led by UNSW Australia scientists has discovered
how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease — work that opens up a new avenue for research on possible treatments for the degenerative brain condition.
«Synapse discovery could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's disease: Scientists have discovered
how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.»
And the images he's creating are part of an ambitious attempt to understand
how the connections between those brain cells give rise to the mind.
Not exact matches
And that could influence the progression of Alzheimer's, he adds, by influencing
how brain cells react to the loss of
connections between neurons that accompanies the disease.
Their discoveries showed
how neuronal activity, generated either by experience or by intrinsic
brain function, actively sculpts structural and functional
connections between nerve
cells.