There is an interesting movement currently evolving in the research community that advocates a merging the names of Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease, possibly under the latter’s better known umbrella, since they both seem to have misfolded alpha-synuclein proteins
Depression may lead to higher risk of Lewy Body Dementia
New research links major depression disorder with increased metabolism of α-synuclein proteins. Misfolded proteins of this type form Lewy Bodies, and are a believed to be a root cause of Lewy Body Dementia (LBD). If α-synuclein proteins are, somehow, strengthened