# Dementia: New culprit and potential treatment target

**URL:** <https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/dementia-new-culprit-and-potential-treatment-target/1582>\
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**Created:** [January 14, 2019, 10:47pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/dementia-new-culprit-and-potential-treatment-target/1582 "2019-01-14T22:47:54Z")\
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> **[Dementia: New culprit and potential treatment target: Leaky brain capillaries...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190114130825.htm)**
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> A study shows people with the worst memory problems also had the most leakage in their brain's blood vessels -- regardless of whether abnormal proteins amyloid and tau were present.

  
A study shows people with the worst memory problems also had the most leakage in their brain’s blood vessels – regardless of whether abnormal proteins amyloid and tau were present.