Misplaced molecules: New insights into the causes of dementia

A team of German and Belgian researchers has succeeded in gaining new insights into the causes of certain movement disorders and forms of dementia. Scientists including Bettina Schmid and Christian Haass from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Munich and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität were able to reproduce disease symptoms typical of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia in zebrafish.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/hao…