A new gene thought to be the cause in early-onset forms of Alzheimer's disease

A new gene that causes early onset of Alzheimer's disease has been discovered by the research team of Dominique Campion at the Insert unit 1079 "Genetics of cancer and neuropsychiatric diseases" in Rouen. The research scientists showed that in the families of five of 14 patients suffering from the disease, mutations were detected on the gene SORL1. The results of this study have been published in the review Molecular Psychiatry issued April 3. Read more