dementia study helps to unravel the cause of brain cell death

Researchers found that lack of a gene called lysine specific histone demethylase 1 (LSD1) triggers brain cell death, leading to cognitive abnormalities comparable to those seen in people with Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). In Alzheimer's, brain cell death has been partly attributed to a protein called tau. FTD is a rarer form of...