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 ...

If you read any research about Alzheimer’s disease, two proteins are going to be your main characters. There’s amyloid-β, which builds up and forms plaques in the brain; and there’s tau, which ...

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

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 ...

Newborns and individuals with Alzheimer's disease have been found to share an unusual biological feature: both show high levels of a well-established Alzheimer's biomarker. What do newborns and ...

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

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disorder marked primarily by β-amyloid (Aβ) deposition and abnormal ...

For decades, the story of Alzheimer’s research has been dominated by a battle between amyloid-beta and tau amyloids, both of which can kill neurons and impact the brain’s abil ...

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