When astrocytes take control: a new pathway of the brain to defend against Alzheimer’s
Scientists Discover the Brain’s Natural Ability to Remove Alzheimer’s Plaques Alzheimer’s is not just a disease that affects neurons.”s” Recent research from Baylor College of Medicine, published in Nature Neuroscience, reveals that the brain has active mechanisms capable of removing amyloid plaques and protecting important functions such as memory. At the center of this discovery are astrocytes and a…