Neurodegenerative diseases—an umbrella term for a range of conditions affecting the neurons in the human brain—impact millions of people worldwide. The most common of these diseases are Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, with Alzheimer’s and its related dementias affecting more than 7 million people in Europe alone.
In order to find out exactly what happens in the brains of people suffering from these incurable and debilitating conditions, researchers working on the EU-funded RobustSynapses project decided to focus on the brain‘s synapses. “The RobustSynapses project addressed one of the largest unmet medical needs—the…
