University of Eastern Finland - The most common genetic cause of frontotemporal dementia triggers disturbances in the structure and function of neuronal synapses

Title:

The most common genetic cause of frontotemporal dementia triggers disturbances in the structure and function of neuronal synapses 

 

Published:

University of Eastern Finland, 17 December 2021

https://www.uef.fi/en/article/the-most-common-genetic-cause-of-frontotemporal-dementia-triggers-disturbances-in-the-structure-and

 

From the article:

Hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the C9orf72 gene, which causes frontotemporal dementia and the motoneuron disease ALS, leads to structural and functional changes in synapses that connect neurons, a new study conducted at the University of Eastern Finland shows.