Not the Same. In amyloid-negative people (left) few tangles accumulate over a decade. In amyloid-positives (right), tangles grow faster in women (red) than men (blue). [Courtesy of Gillian Coughlan, ...

The National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center unites the collections of the neuropathology cores at 27 NIA-funded AD Research Centers into a single database. It contains records on 13,000 brains, 3,000 ...

Autoimmunity and Alzheimer’s. People with autoimmune disorders in the UCSF (left) and Stanford medical systems (right) were ...

To mark the 20th anniversary of Alzforum's launch in 1996, we have compiled a timeline reflecting the evolution of Alzheimer’s disease research, starting from Alois Alzheimer's public presentation of ...

Erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular (Eph) receptors, including EphA4, are expressed on the cell surface and involved in brain development, which involves extensive pruning of synapses. A variant ...

Sex Delta by Cell Type. In men with Alzheimer’s (top left), B cells (red boxes) were fewer (blue), while NK cells (blue boxes ...

The gene PSEN2 encodes presenilin-2, a subunit of γ-secretase, the aspartyl protease responsible for Aβ generation. Missense mutations in PSEN2 are a rare cause of early onset Alzheimer's disease.

Early onset familial Alzheimer disease (eFAD) is hereditary and marked by Alzheimer disease symptoms that appear at an unusually early age. Symptoms can start in a person's thirties, forties, and ...

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Dozens of rodents have been generated that model various aspects of ALS, like motor impairment or degeneration of motor neurons. No model recapitulates the human disease perfectly. By organizing ...

The 2009 documentary “I Remember Better When I Paint” explores how engagement in the creative arts can soothe anxiety, bring joy, and open up communication with people who have Alzheimer’s disease.

Rember® is a purified, proprietary formulation of methylthioninium chloride (MTC), also known as methylene blue. This old drug predates the FDA. It is being widely used in Africa to treat malaria, as ...