緬因大學(The University of Maine )神經與流行病學教授 Merrill Elias 博士:「失智症不是老的時候才開始,在很久很久以前就已經開始了。從這篇文獻與其他所有的研究傳遞出一個訊息,在探討認知功能之前,當下最重要的事情是控 制你的高血壓。」Elias 博士將她的研究生涯投入於血壓對大腦的影響上。
文獻與人物:
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News release, University of California, Davis.
Charles S. DeCarli, MD, professor of neurology, director, Alzheimer’s Disease Center, University of California, Davis.
Paul Rosenberg, MD, associate professor, psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, Baltimore, Md.
Merrill Elias, PhD, MPH, professor, departments of neuropsychology and epidemiology, University of Maine, Orono.
提出的新挑戰則是,現在 FDA 核准的藥物都是鎖定類澱粉蛋白質為目標,還有一大堆同類的藥正在燒鈔票試驗中,但是新研究對於類澱粉斑塊致病假說是一記強而有力的警鐘。或許 Tau 蛋白質的角色一直被誤解了,它才是真正的幕後黑手?又或許根本不需要保護整個腦,只要想辦法保住關鍵腦區或必要的神經元通道,就可以對抗阿茲海默症?這些問題都是接下來研究的重點。
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