Sex differences in tau may help explain why women face higher Alzheimer's dementia risk than men. At high levels of brain ...

A molecule called glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) rose significantly in the blood of patients who underwent ...

Twenty years ago, pathologist Bennet Omalu and researchers at the University of Pittsburgh published the first paper identifying a new disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy in the brain of ...

The brainchild of two ALS sufferers, the Ice Bucket Challenge took off in August 2014 — and the initiative is still having an ...

Explore the potential effects of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) on former NFL player Kroy Biermann's behavior, as ...

Biermann and Kroy Biermann's divorce has been in process for two years. The latest development has Kroy filing for divorce ...

Kim Zolciak says her estranged husband needs psychological help … and is asking a court to appoint medical professionals to evaluate Kroy to see if he has CTE. TMZ reports Zolciak, 46, wants Biermann ...

TMZ reports Zolciak wants medical professionals to assess Biermann, who played for the Atlanta Falcons from 2008 to 2011, to ...

Scientists know that a build-up of specific proteins in the brain is associated with Alzheimer’s disease. However, by the time these proteins have become visible in brain scans, disease ...

Detecting toxic forms of tau before they weave into dense thickets of tangles could pave the way for earlier diagnosis and treatment of tauopathies, including Alzheimer’s disease. In the February 10 ...

School of Physical Education, Xiangnan University, 889 Chenzhou Avenue, Chenzhou 423000, Hunan, People’s Republic of China ...

June 15, 2021 — A new therapy prompts immune defense cells to swallow misshapen proteins, amyloid beta plaques and tau tangles, whose buildup is known to kill nearby brain cells as part of ...