One type of brain cell may invite Alzheimer’s
Researchers found that excitatory neurons — those that are more likely to trigger an action (as opposed to inhibitory neurons, which are less likely to prompt neural activity) — are more vulnerable to accumulations of abnormal tau protein, which is increasingly being implicated in Alzheimer’s disease.
Original source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181217115756.htm
