August 9, 2024 by Carmen Rotte, Max Planck Society Oligodendrocytes exhibit protein expression of amyloid precursor protein (APP) and an abundance of APP and BACE1 transcripts. Credit: Nature Neuroscience (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41593-024-01730-3Memory loss, confusion, speech problems—Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, affecting about 35 million people worldwide, and the number is growing....