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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240813132028.htm) A new type of degenerative brain disease underlying dementia is very common among the oldest old
Aug 13th 2024, 13:20

A new type of degenerative brain disease, limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE), was recognized just a decade or so ago, and remains relatively unknown. In the disease, the TDP-43 protein accumulates particularly in the limbic brain regions, which are also affected in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Accordingly, symptoms of LATE are similar to those of early Alzheimer's, but typically progress more slowly and are milder.

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