Is Alzheimer’s disease related to heterochronic changes in the brain during human evolution?

Enric Bufill MD Ph D Hospital Universitari de Vic, c.Francesc Pla 1, 08500, Barcelona Spain.     Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia, is a complex disease associated with advanced age whose causes are still not fully known. AD is very common in humans and extremely uncommon in other mammals, which suggests […]

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