Far from being inert intracellular pebbles, inclusions formed by misfolded tau are quite dynamic, according to a paper in the January 26 Acta Neuropathologica. Todd Golde and colleagues at University ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease which affects approximately 6.2 million Americans and is expected to grow exponentially by 2050 as the population ages. Those with ...

A new Northwestern Medicine study showed cognitive SuperAgers have resistance to the development of fibrous tangles in a brain region related to memory and which are known to be markers of Alzheimer's ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that causes brain cell death. This progressive disease, which causes a distinct pattern of pathological changes in the brain, is most common ...

A new Northwestern Medicine study showed cognitive SuperAgers have resistance to the development of fibrous tangles in a brain region related to memory and which are known to be markers of Alzheimer's ...

A spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases, including frontotemporal dementia (FTD), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and corticobasal degeneration (CBD) are due to the accumulation of abnormal, ...

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that slowly impairs memory, affects thinking skills, and eventually interferes with daily functioning. It is the most common cause of ...

Understanding the role of tau protein in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has led to new ways to diagnose it as well as the creation of medicines now in clinical trials to treat it. Yet, neurofibrillary ...

The spread of tau tangles through the brain in Alzheimer’s disease is anything but random, and researchers long ago charted a stereotypical path that is now known as Braak staging. But what factors ...

Today we begin a several-part series on Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of memory loss and dementia. Alzheimer’s is a brain disease characterized by amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary ...