Dementia Shown Associated with Synaptic Dysfunction Rather Than Synaptic Loss

Researchers from Canada and France have published results that challenge the view that Alzheimer's disease is accompanied by a significant, progressive loss of neurons and synapses. Conducted among more than 170 subjects at various stages of Alzheimer's disease, the study (“Moderate Decline in Select Synaptic Markers in the Prefrontal Cortex (BA9) of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease at Various Cognitive Stages”), which appears in Scientific Reports , shows that the d