A team of international researchers, led by UC San Francisco, has completed the first large-scale study of posterior cortical atrophy, a baffling constellation of visuospatial…
A ribbon of brain tissue called cortical gray matter grows thinner in people who go on to develop dementia, and this appears to be an…
The tau protein accumulates in abnormal shapes in the brains of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but the early steps of tau misfolding and aggregation…
Specialist dementia researchers from the University of Liverpool have seen positive initial findings when analyzing the outcomes of a board game that shines a light…
Researchers have revealed new links between Alzheimer’s disease and the blood-brain barrier, finding connections between variants of a gene called EphA1 and the disease.
The effects of Alzheimer’s disease are devastating: not being able to recognize loved ones, losing precious memories, losing the ability to perform simple tasks, suffering…
As Australia’s population ages, we’re hearing a growing number of stories about complex diseases with cognitive and behavioral effects.
Alzheimer’s disease, which is expected to have affected about 6.7 million patients in the U.S. in 2023, results in a substantial loss of brain cells.…
The prevailing theory on the causes of Alzheimer’s disease indicates that they are related to the abnormal accumulation of two proteins, amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau,…
Approximately 23% of people diagnosed in their 60s and later with Alzheimer’s disease or another related dementia have cases that can be explained by controllable…