We spoke to the first author of a new study that could challenge much of what we thought we knew about Alzheimer’s disease.

A surprising new study has uncovered over 200 misfolded proteins in the brains of aging rats with cognitive decline, beyond the infamous amyloid and tau plaques long blamed for Alzheimer’s. These ...

Scientists at UCSF combined advanced brain-network modeling, genetics, and imaging to reveal how tau protein travels through ...

It's been recognized for some time that Alzheimer's disease affects brain regions differently and that tau—a protein known to ...

Researchers have discovered that newborns have high levels of the tau protein, which is elevated in older people with ...

There's still so much we don't know about Alzheimer's disease, but the link between poor sleep and worsening disease is one ...

Using brain gene expression maps from the Allen Human Brain Atlas, the researchers tested the degree to which Alzheimer’s risk genes explain the patterns of both actual and residual tau. This allowed ...

It's been recognized for some time that Alzheimer's disease affects brain regions differently and that tau - a protein known ...

Summary: A new study questions whether playing youth football leads to harmful protein buildup in the brain. Researchers ...

A surprising discovery about how brain cells handle sugar could shift how scientists approach dementia and Alzheimer’s ...

Pinpointing who will and won’t get Alzheimer’s disease is tricky for doctors, but new research suggests it may soon get ...