Imaging of the brain.

Findings provide target for new classes of therapeutic drugs

Scientists have long suspected that Alzheimer’s disease is caused by plaques formed when the small protein amyloid-beta (Aß) binds to itself in clusters and undergoes a chemical change, creating protein deposits in the brain.

However, recent studies have suggested it is not the plaques that cause Alzheimer’s but the small, grape-like clusters of Aß.

Read the UCLA Health article