A newly identified receptor rolls out the red carpet for α-synuclein fibrils, ushering them inside neurons and fast-tracking ...

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In the February 10 Nature Medicine, scientists led by Jorge Llibre-Guerra and Randall Bateman at Washington University, St.

“This is a wonderful piece of work,” said Henrik Zetterberg at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He was not involved in ...

Unlike other prior studies that detected changes in AD markers following COVID-19 infection ( Jan 2021 news; May 2023 ...

Cohen encouraged researchers to look at biomarker patterns within racial minority groups with dementia, rather than only ...

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Both Tabrizi and Yang think that knocking down MSH3 could stave off HD pathology. Tabrizi noted that MSH3 also modifies other run-on repeats, including those causing fragile X syndrome, myotonic ...

When it comes to tau tangles, cortical deposits receive the lion’s share of scientists’ attention, but it is the tiny subcortical regions where tangles originate that might set the course for ...

Detecting toxic forms of tau before they weave into dense thickets of tangles could pave the way for earlier diagnosis and treatment of tauopathies, including Alzheimer’s disease. In the February 10 ...