Amyloid plaques on axons of neurons affected by Alzheimer’s disease. (stock image)
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2012. Exactly how Alzheimer’s disease kills brain cells is still somewhat of a mystery, but University of Michigan researchers have uncovered a clue that supports the idea that small proteins prick holes into neurons.
The team also found that a certain size range of clumps of these proteins are particularly toxic to cells, while smaller and larger aggregates of the…
