Inflammatory pathways link to obsessive behaviors in a common form of dementia

Inflammatory pathways link to obsessive behaviors in a common form of dementia:

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Scientists from the Gladstone Institutes identified that mutations in a protein commonly linked to frontotemporal dementia (FTD) result in obsessive-like behaviors. They linked these behaviors to immune pathways, implicating that targeting key components of the immune system could be a new therapeutic strategy for FTD.

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