Biochemistry is complex, and particularly so in the brain. The amyloid cascade hypothesis of Alzheimer’s disease essentially states that slow aggregation of amyloid-β over years causes the onset of later and much more severe stages of Alzheimer’s disease, meaning the chronic inflammation in brain tissue and tau aggregation that kills neurons. The hypothesis has so far survived the failure of amyloid-β clearance via immunotherapy to produce patient …
A View of Recent Thought on the Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis of Alzheimer's Disease
Biochemistry is complex, and particularly so in the brain. The amyloid cascade hypothesis of Alzheimer’s disease essentially states that slow aggregation of amyloid-β over years causes the onset of later and much more severe stages of Alzheimer’s disease, meaning the chronic inflammation in brain tissue and tau aggregation that kills neurons. The hypothesis has so far survived the failure of amyloid-β clearance via immunotherapy to produce patient …