neurodegenerative

comparative more neurodegenerative · superlative most neurodegenerative

1. medicineOf, pertaining to, or resulting in the progressive loss of nerve cells and of neurologic function.

   neurodegenerative disease

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   A very rare polymorphism in the prion protein gene recently has been identified that appears to protect against prion disease; this finding, in addition to providing greater understanding of the prionlike mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders, might lead to potential treatments.

   2015 December 21, Michael D. Geschwind, “Prion Diseases”, in Continuum (Minneap Minn), →DOI

   It doesn’t help that symptoms of Alzheimer’s develop gradually and slowly and a diagnosis might only be made years after the brain has started to undergo neurodegenerative changes.

   2018 January 18, Jürgen Götz, “Why it’s so hard to treat dementia”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2018