In Early Alzheimer’s Disease, Impaired Blood-Brain Barrier May Lead to Cognitive Decline, Researchers Say
Researchers at the Maastricht University Medical Center have investigated how the permeability of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is involved in early forms of Alzheimer disease. The findings suggest that a faulty BBB may be involved in the initial pathologic process that eventually results in neurodegeneration and dementia in these patients. Researchers…