Sheeza Basharatover 2 years ago

Flowers in the brain

What you see in this picture may look pretty, but these "flowers" located in the brain may be linked to Alzheimer's disease. In a departure from one of the predominant theories for the cause of Alzheimer's disease, neuroscientists are positing that issues with the brain's own waste removal system may be behind the debilitating neurological disease. The researchers behind this fascinating new paper from Nature Neuroscience argue that the roots of Alzheimer's may begin forming much earlier than previously thought, and result in buildups dubbed "poisonous flowers."