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SUBMITTER: Vasic V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6747457 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vasic Verica V Barth Kathrin K Schmidt Mirko H H MHH
International journal of molecular sciences 20190831 17
Aging causes many changes in the human body, and is a high risk for various diseases. Dementia, a common age-related disease, is a clinical disorder triggered by neurodegeneration. Brain damage caused by neuronal death leads to cognitive decline, memory loss, learning inabilities and mood changes. Numerous disease conditions may cause dementia; however, the most common one is Alzheimer's disease (AD), a futile and yet untreatable illness. Adult neurogenesis carries the potential of brain self-re ...[more]