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Alzheimer´s and other neurodegenerative cognitive disorders. : A strategy to find cause and cure

Brun, Arne LU orcid (2018) In Acta Scientiarum Lundensia 2018(006). p.1-11
Abstract
The aim of this treatise is to sketch out a strategy how to find a cause and cure for cognitive brain disorders and then primarily Alzheimer’s disease (AD) based on recent and little explored research progress. Step one is to find the cause. Recent evolution has supplied the human brain with new astrocytes which regarding their remarkable properties can be expected to harbor the cause of AD and several other cognitive neurodegenerative disorders. Plausible causes have already been proposed and will be accounted for in what follows. A cause proved or made plausible provides a good ground for finding a therapy. We must also be able to diagnose the disorder at an early stage ahead of widespread and severe brain damage for a treatment not to... (More)
The aim of this treatise is to sketch out a strategy how to find a cause and cure for cognitive brain disorders and then primarily Alzheimer’s disease (AD) based on recent and little explored research progress. Step one is to find the cause. Recent evolution has supplied the human brain with new astrocytes which regarding their remarkable properties can be expected to harbor the cause of AD and several other cognitive neurodegenerative disorders. Plausible causes have already been proposed and will be accounted for in what follows. A cause proved or made plausible provides a good ground for finding a therapy. We must also be able to diagnose the disorder at an early stage ahead of widespread and severe brain damage for a treatment not to leave behind a crippling condition! This possibility appears now to become a reality since recent research has identified the same changes in the retina as in the brain. They can there be diagnosed with modern ophthalmological techniques and appear long before brain damage produces symptoms during the several decades long silent phase when AD is under way. After arrest of the disorder the neuronal plasticity can be expected to deliver repair, more the earlier the disorder is arrested. (Less)
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Alzheimer´s, cognitive disorders, neurodegenerative
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Acta Scientiarum Lundensia
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2018
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006
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2018-006
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11 pages
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Bertil RR Persson, Medical Radiation Physics, 22185 Lund, Sweden
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1651-5013
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Swedish
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  title        = {{Alzheimer´s and other neurodegenerative cognitive disorders. : A strategy to find cause and cure}},
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