Nerve cell links severed in early stages of Alzheimer’s
Synapse loss study points to new path for fighting degenerative brain disease
![Mouse brain cells](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/033116_ls_alzheimers_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
CRIME SCENE Following an injection of the Alzheimer’s-related protein amyloid-beta, a microglial cell (red) engulfs synapses (green) in a mouse’s hippocampus.
S. Hong et al/Science 2016