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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 (local time from now on) that Alzheimer’s symptoms of memory loss begin decades before the disease begins. Research has shown that it may be possible to slow down.
“The eyes are the windows to the brain,” says Dr. Christine Greer, ophthalmologist and director of medical education at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases (IND) in Bocaraton, Florida.
“Alzheimer’s disease begins in the brain decades before the first symptoms of memory loss appear,” said Dr. Richard Isaacson, Alzheimer’s prevention neurologist at IND. He said it would be able to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s by controlling risk factors such as high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes.
Maya Coronyo-Hamawi, professor of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and senior author of the paper, said this study was the first to identify clues to the relationship between eye changes and Alzheimer’s disease.
“Our study analyzes in detail the properties of the Alzheimer’s disease protein, 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,” he said. Professor Coronyo-Hamawi in a This is the first study to determine a
He drew attention to the fact that there is a correlation between changes in the retina and 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.
dumpna@fnnews.com Reporter Song Kyung-jae
