Researchers in Scotland have found dolphins with classic markers of Alzheimer's disease in their brains, potentially pointing to the reason the animals became stranded.
abc.net.au/news/researchers-find-signs-of-alzheimer-s-disease-in-dolphins/101802178Researchers in Scotland have found species of dolphins with classic markers of Alzheimer's disease in their brains.Four different animals showed signs of Alzheimer's in their brainsAlzheimer's is a neurodegenerative disease which causes brain cell connections and brain cells to degenerate and die, destroying memory and other mental functions.
Three of those animals in particular, which were all of old age, had a number of dementia-related pathologies in their brains.
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