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

A study reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid beta -- a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The findings suggest that vascular ...

Scientists have identified a biomarker for Alzheimer's that may help doctors spot the early signs of protein buildup in the ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can be hard to diagnose, because it is an uncommon type of dementia and does not cause memory problems at ... or obsessive behaviour – can sometimes look more like the ...

Getting an accurate and timely diagnosis of dementia is important ... behaviour and ability to do daily tasks a full physical exam at least one brain scan (often with more specialist scans) looking at ...