Alzheimer's amyloid build-up affects certain parts of brain cells more than others in mice by University of Reading ▫️A protein that is linked with Alzheimer's Disease has been found to be more likely to affect certain parts of brain cells that send messages than other parts of the cells. - In a new study published in Scientific Reports, the team observed how amyloid beta (Aβ), a protein which accumulates in the brain of people with Alzheimer's disease, affected the parts of nerve cells, the synapses, in mice which are responsible for the communication with each other. ▫️The team found that Aβ build-up had more effect on the axons, the part of the synapse involved in sending signals, than the dendrites, the area responsible for receiving them. - The finding will help the development of future work on Alzheimer's Disease to target particular parts of the brain cells.