MDS Podcast Family history and genetic Alzheimer’s risk and ties to Parkinson’s disease
Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Prof. Xiang Gao and Xinming Xu on their study utilizing the UK biobank to explore the risk of Parkinson’s disease as it relates to family history of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or dementia and to the polygenic risk score for AD. They further explore the common pathophysiological underpinnings for protein aggregation in the brain.