Alzheimer’s disease is the most common dementia worldwide and it is characterized by learning impairment, memory loss, disorientation and anxiety, among other behavioral and psychological symptoms. Since Alois Alzheimer described the first case at the beginning of the 20th century, important advances have been achieved in terms of understanding physiopathology, but, unfortunately, an effective treatment has not been developed yet.
What triggers Alzheimer’s disease it is not well established, but several researches claim that the aggregation of the Aβ peptide and of the tau protein, both present in normal brains, plays a pivotal role in…
