Domino Effect: Individual Damaged Neuron Types Cause Neurodegenerative Diseases

Age related neurodegeneration may be delayed by preventing oxidative damage in a few neuron types, researchers report.

If the sense of smell disappears, this can indicate a disease such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. However, unlike previously assumed, general degenerations in the nervous system do not play a leading role in the loss of the sense of smell with increasing age, but individual nerve cells or classes of nerves are decisive.

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Domino Effect: Individual Damaged Neuron Types Cause Neurodegenerative Diseases

Age related neurodegeneration may be delayed by preventing oxidative damage in a few neuron types, researchers report.

If the sense of smell disappears, this can indicate a disease such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. However, unlike previously assumed, general degenerations in the nervous system do not play a leading role in the loss of the sense of smell with increasing age, but individual nerve cells or classes of nerves are decisive.

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