A study recently published in the European Journal of Neuroscience has found that cats appear to develop a version of dementia in similar ways to humans.

Feline cognitive dysfunction syndrome (also known as feline dementia) tends to develop as cats age. It affects their sleep, socialising, and sense of orientation.

As with humans, feline dementia seems to include a buildup of amyloid-beta proteins.

Per the new paper, cats with feline cognitive dysfunction syndrome also experience “brain atrophy, neuronal loss, amyloid-beta plaques, tau pathology and cerebral amyloid angiopathy” – all processes suspected to be a part of human dementia development.

Why might this finding in cats help people with dementia?

The University of Edinburgh scientists looked at the brains of 25 cats who had

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