Scientists have identified a protein which they may play a major role in the development of Alzheimer's disease. In a report in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the researchers said that the brain autopsy of some Alzheimer's patients have shown high levels of a protein called GPR3.
Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia that is initially characterized by weakening of memory, up to a brain disorder in planning, reasoning, perception, and language. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1QzeyiG) |
Patients with Alzheimer's and dementia dance inside the Alzheimer Foundation in Mexico City, April 19, 2012. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1X8kxim) |
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