Sentences with phrase «type of dementia called»

Both teams found that mutations to the same gene can also cause a common type of dementia called frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

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A study has shown that the increase of the brain enzyme called puromycin - sensitive aminopeptidase, which is the most abundant brain peptidase seen in mammals, can slow the harmful accumulation of toxic tau proteins, which ultimately result in neurofibrillary tangles, a key pathological characteristic of Alzheimer's and other types of dementia.