| Literature DB >> 19829371 |
Richard J Perrin1, Anne M Fagan, David M Holtzman.
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease affects millions of people around the world. Currently, there are no treatments that prevent or slow the disease. Like other neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer's disease is characterized by protein misfolding in the brain. This process and the associated brain damage begin years before the substantial neurodegeneration that accompanies dementia. Studies using new neuroimaging techniques and fluid biomarkers suggest that Alzheimer's disease pathology can be detected preclinically. These advances should allow the design of new clinical trials and early mechanism-based therapeutic intervention.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19829371 PMCID: PMC2810658 DOI: 10.1038/nature08538
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962