“Exploring Amyloid, Tau, and α-Synuclein: Linking Retinal and Brain Proteins to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Lewy Body Dementia”

2023-04-26 16:58:40

In this large group, they not only look at amyloid in the retina and brain, but also at other harmful proteins. For example, it seems that the harmful protein tau is visible early on in the eye in donors who also have this protein in the brain. This protein could be an early sign of Alzheimer’s. They are also looking at another protein, α-synuclein, which accumulates in Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. In this way they hope to find the proteins in the eye for various diseases.