Why old dogs might be able to teach Alzheimer’s researchers new tricks

As dogs age, their brains undergo similar changes to human brains, making them a valuable natural model to study dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases.

一項新研究顯示，患有認知功能障礙的老年犬腦內異常蛋白沈積與阿爾茨海默病早期患者相似，血液GFAP水平也同步升高。作者認為伴侶犬可成為研究神經退行性疾病的天然模型，幫助改進診斷與治療。