Home » Psychology news » Blood vessel dysfunction linked to heart disease also impacts Alzheimer’s

Blood vessel dysfunction linked to heart disease also impacts Alzheimer’s

December 3, 2010 by

A blood vessel dysfunction linked to cardiovascular disease seems to also play a role in Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. The dysfunction may help account for the buildup of amyloid plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>