Dementia

Scientists at University of North Carolina publish research in dementia

Published in Mental Health Weekly Digest, December 22nd, 2008

"An inverted region on chromosome 17 has been previously linked to many Pick complex diseases. Due to the inversion, an exact causal locus has been difficult to identify, but the microtubule-associated protein tau gene is a likely candidate gene for its involvement in these diseases with tau inclusion," scientists in the United States report.

"To search for variants that confer susceptibility to 4 tauopathies and clinically related disorders. Genomewide association study. University research laboratory. A total of 231 samples were genotyped from an unrelated white population of patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration (CBD),...

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Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2008-12-22)

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