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The possibility that signs of Alzheimer’s can be identified through eye changes has been raised.
CNN reported on the 24th (hereafter local time) that Alzheimer’s symptoms of memory loss begin decades before the onset of the disease. Research has shown that slowing down may be possible.
“The eyes are the windows to the brain,” said Dr. Christine Greer, an ophthalmologist and director of medical education at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases (IND) in Bocaraton, Florida. can do it,” he said.
“Alzheimer’s disease starts in the brain decades before the first symptoms of memory loss appear,” said Dr. Richard Isaacson, an Alzheimer’s prevention neurologist at IND. He said he would be able to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s by managing risk factors such as high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes.
Maya Coronyo-Hamawi, a professor of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and senior author of the paper, said the study was the first to identify clues to the relationship between eye changes and Alzheimer’s disease.
“Our study in-depth analyzes the protein properties of Alzheimer’s disease, how these properties affect the molecules, cells and structures of the human retina, and how they relate to changes in the brain and cognitive function,” Professor Coronyo-Hamawi said in a statement. This is the first study to determine whether
He pointed out that changes in the retina are correlated with changes in certain parts of the brain, such as the entorhinal around the hippocampus and the temporal lobe, which are key to memory and time perception.
The results of the study were published last month in the journal Acta Neuropathology, according to CNN.
dympna@fnnews.com Reporter Song Kyung-jae
