Studies have confirmed the existence of neurogenesis in the adult human brain, but whether newborn neurons bolster cognitive abilities remains controversial. In the February 25 Nature, scientists led ...
A bad bout with pneumonia can do more than mess with the lungs—it can also hasten cognitive decline and even the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. While the mechanisms at work in this double whammy remain ...
Contact Information Ryan Castro, Ph.D. Charlestown, United States Professional Information Postdoctoral Research FellowMassachusetts General Hospital ...
The notion that lithium might treat Alzheimer’s was revived last year when scientists reported that the brains of people and mice with amyloid pathology are deficient in the metal ion, and that the ...
Once more than 4 percent of tau molecules in a person’s blood are phosphorylated at residue 217, the clock starts ticking—toward the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, that is. How long it might ...
Professional Information Associate Professor of PsychiatryUniversity of California, San Diego Comments In Women Especially, Blood p-Tau217 Bodes Ill for Getting Tangles 27 Feb 2026 ...
Cerebral small vessel disease is an umbrella term for disorders that cause the brain’s small blood vessels to stiffen, narrow, clog, or leak. cSVD increases a person’s risk for stroke and is a common ...
Scientists led by Wiep Scheper of Amsterdam University Medical Center are flipping the script on granulovacuolar degeneration bodies. Historically, GVBs have been considered a sign of impending ...
The National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center unites the collections of the neuropathology cores at 27 NIA-funded AD Research Centers into a single database. It contains records on 13,000 brains, 3,000 ...
The Senescence Accelerated Mouse-Prone 8 (SAMP8) is a naturally occuring mouse line that displays a phenotype of accelerated aging. While maintaining an inbred AKR/J line in the early 1970's, ...
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