New research from Northeastern University suggests that diet may have a greater impact than genetics on the risk of ...

When it comes to tau tangles, cortical deposits receive the lion’s share of scientists’ attention, but it is the tiny subcortical regions where tangles originate that might set the course for ...

Receiving routine vaccinations against common infections like tetanus, shingles, and pneumonia may offer an unexpected ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have devised a biomarker test that can spot small amounts of clumping tau protein ...

The following column was originally published May 28, 2022. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life ...

In diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, specific proteins misfold and clump together, forming toxic aggregates that ...

All applications must fall within Alzheimer’s Research UK’s remit which covers biomedical research in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Alzheimer’s Research UK funds research into treatment, ...

Alzheimer's disease, a type of dementia that profoundly alters a person’s memory and cognitive function, affects an estimated ...

Researchers have identified the mitochondrial calcium uniporter as a critical protein in the strengthening of synaptic ...

There exists no ‘amyloid cabal’” in Alzheimer’s research, neurologist Dennis Selkoe writes in response to Charles Piller’s ...

Detecting toxic forms of tau before they weave into dense thickets of tangles could pave the way for earlier diagnosis and ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered new insights into brain changes in Parkinson's disease using advanced ...