Researchers may have discovered the'ground zero' of Alzheimer's disease, paving the way to treatment that could halt condition in its tracks. A team of scientists at the University of North Carolina's Medical School conducted a series of experiments to look at different factors driving the disease in order to try and pinpoint a way to stop it in its tracks. Alzheimer's disease causes abnormal deposits of amyloid beta protein and tau protein in the brain, as well as swarms of activated immune cells. The team of researchers used different experiments to look at how the proteins and activated immune cells attack the brain and cause Alzheimer's-related symptoms. They also found that one medicine currently in development that blocks a specific protein - HDAC6, which originates from within neurons - show progress in preventing the damage that causes those symptoms.

Some neuroscientists argue regardless of what details a person notes, the eyes still captured everything in front of them much like a camera. But a team of researchers has concluded that our eyes in fact only reflect the gist of the scenes before us. Experts believe our eyes in fact only reflect the gist of what we see, according to researchers. One of the experiments mentioned in the study to demonstrate flaws in perception is shown above. Snatch a glance out of a window and you may notice if it is raining and if a person is carrying an umbrella – but you may not recall the colour of the umbrella as well as other finer details. The team from Massachusetts Technology Institute (MIT) reviewed various studies about vision to come to their conclusion, published in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences as well as gathering visual tests together.