Immune cells in the brain called microglia can partially break down large amyloid plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's ...

Researchers challenge everything we know about Alzheimer's disease with shocking new findings about amyloid beta protein's role in brain health.

Cornell researchers discovered that brain immune cells, called microglia, can partially break down Alzheimer’s amyloid ...

Immune cells in the brain called microglia can partially break down large amyloid plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease by latching on to ...

When we think about dementia, we often think of a person experiencing memory loss and confusion. While it’s true that these ...

I have a special interest in Alzheimer’s disease. For nearly 25 years, I practiced general neurology in Portland, Oregon, and ...

As the year comes to a close, experts from the Alzheimer's Association reflect on some of the hopeful advances in diagnosis, ...

Scientists are looking at how DNA differences could protect people from dementia – and how this can help others ...

Viruses like Covid and HSV-1 may trigger neurodegenerative diseases by causing protein accumulation in the brain, leading to ...

Microglia have been revealed to first help spread Alzheimer’s disease pathology across the brain and then activate to limit ...

This review provides an overview of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), discussing its complex pathophysiology, risk factors, and ...

A new gene editing tool that helps cellular machinery skip parts of genes responsible for diseases has been applied to reduce the formation of amyloid-beta plaque precursors in a mouse model of ...