A new study, conducted at the University of Sao Paulo (in collaboration with the Brazilian Biobank for Aging Studies) has discovered a link between the pathology of early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in the brain, and psychiatric symptoms. Depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances and other psychiatric symptoms may be linked with symptoms of Alzheimer’s that begin in the brain, early in the disease process.
The study was published in an October 2018 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Researchers are hopeful that evidence gathered in the study could lead to the ability to diagnose AD earlier, proving to be an instrumental new biomarker. A biomarker is a measurable indicator of the severity or presence of a disease, such as Alzheimer’s disease.
In addition, the study findings may suggest to medical experts a new perspective on the origins of mental…
