Researcher and neurologist Dr. Mateja de Leonni Stanonik publishes Alzheimer's research collection

TUCSON, Ariz. - April 29, 2024 - PRLog -- lzheimer's has been a long-time research interest of Mateja de Leonni Stanonik, MD, PhD, a Tucson-based neurologist. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), about 6.7 million Americans today are living with Alzheimer's dementia. The exact cause of Alzheimer's is elusive. According to current scientific opinions, it is caused by an abnormal build-up of proteins in and around brain cells. These proteins are amyloid (which forms plaques around brain cells), and tau (which form tangles within brain cells). The result is a loss of neurons and their connections.

But we don't really know what sets these proteins amyloid and tau in motion. Some genetic and environmental risk factors have been identified. Other risk factors are head injuries, depression, and high blood pressure.

Dr. de Leonni works with Alzheimer's patients on a daily basis, providing Alzheimer's Dementia Beta Amyloid Plaque PET Scanning, and in-office IV Infusion of Alzheimer's Medication. Because of her past and current clinical and research work, Dr. de Leonni has accumulated large amounts of research data that she is now gradually making available to interested researchers and the general public. For this purpose, she set up a dedicated website, https://alzheimersresearch.info/

There, the information is divided in high-level research summaries, such as NIH publications, and comprehensible information for the general public interested in Alzheimer's. Dr. de Leonni Stanonik explains that "in this modern world of ours, more and more medical research becomes available every day. I have made an effort for myself to gather and organize Alzheimer's information. But this effort can have broader effect if I share it with interested parties. Thus, I decided to make it available on a special website."