Researchers discovered that the common amino acid arginine can block harmful Aβ aggregation and reduce its toxic effects in Alzheimer’s disease models. In flies and mice, oral arginine lowered plaque ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a natural mechanism that clears existing amyloid plaques in the ...

More than a century ago, Alois Alzheimer noted unusual changes in brain fats, which he described as "lipoid granules," along ...

More than a century ago, Alois Alzheimer noted unusual changes in brain fats, which he described as "lipoid granules," along with the buildup of amyloid-beta (amyloid) plaques and tau protein tangles.

The AHEAD study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, aims to spot those hidden brain changes early. Using blood ...

Biogen is committed to deepening scientific understanding of Alzheimer’s disease, including therapeutic delivery and disease progression ...

Researchers have demonstrated that dissolving precursor protein clusters hindered the formation of tau fibrils in solution.

The NTU team plans to keep following the study participants to see if those with clogged brain drains do indeed go on to ...

A neuroimaging study of individuals spanning the Alzheimer’s disease spectrum found that the attenuated anticorrelation ...

New research published in the journal Nature suggests that modest doses of lithium orotate may prevent or even reverse ...

In Alzheimer’s disease, which is the most common cause of dementia, microglia (the immune cells of the brain) can behave in very different ways. At times, they help protect the brain, and at other ...

Company gains NIH Fast-Track award supporting long-term dosing in Alzheimer's patients for planned Phase 1b studies to evaluate OLX-07010, a small molecule inhibitor of tau protein self-association-- ...