Largescale brain epigenetics study provides new insights into dementia

(University of Exeter) The team looked in different regions of the brain, which are affected in Alzheimer's disease before looking for common changes across these cortical regions. They identified 220 sites in the genome, including 84 new genes, which showed different levels of DNA methylation in the cortex in individuals with more severe Alzheimer's disease, which weren't seen in the cerebellum.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news