Sentences with phrase «such synapse loss»
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Loss of synapses and synapse function sit at the heart of a number of diseases, not just neurodegenerative examples such as dementia and Parkinson's disease but also conditions such as diabetes.
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«So we wanted to know: Could [such proteins] be contributing to synapse loss in these models?»
Stevens and her team suspected that the mechanisms involved in such pruning might be aberrantly turned back on — hijacked, so to speak — to contribute to synapse loss in Alzheimer's.
Scientists are discovering that age - related changes in the brain such as atrophy, synapse loss and free radicals may contribute to AD, as does genetics.