Seven New Discoveries About the Causes of Dementia

  Research on the causes of dementia continues to grow, highlighting the fact that our current knowledge about the disorder is somewhat limited. While some discoveries, such as amyloid plaques or tau protein, remain relevant there’s now much more currently being explored. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, although there are more types. Other common forms include vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, and a group of diseases that contribute to frontotemporal dementia. The boundaries between the different forms of dementia are diffuse and mixed forms frequently coexist. The effects of dementia Dementia is the term used to…