The memory-robbing illness has long been believed to be caused by a build-up of the proteins amyloid and tau in the brain. While most ageing brains have some level of both these proteins, a ...

DEPTAC. Based on PROTACs, or protein-targeting chimeras, D20, a dephosphorylation-targeting chimera, delivers PP1 to tau. The C-terminal tail (gray) helps the construct enter cells. [Courtesy of Xiao ...

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The 3D model containing 140,000 neurons and over 50 million connections is a first step towards mapping larger brains.

Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of getting older. Scientists are working hard to find out why it happens and how to ...

Educating people about this disease and providing an activity for the area's aging population is the goal of an event taking ...

Walk to End Alzheimer's Orlando, locally sponsored by The Williams Family Foundation, has raised nearly $600,000 for care, ...

Lastly, Wilson makes sure to eat a high-fiber diet, of which berries play a large part. High-fiber diets have been associated with a reduced risk of dementia in a study of 3,700 healthy adults, and ...

For many heartbreaking diseases of the brain — dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and others — doctors can only treat the ...

Using a sophisticated brain-imaging system, neuroscientists say they have successfully reactivated a specific memory circuit in mice, causing them to seek out shelter when no shelter is actually ...

The way in which brains shrink in those who develop Alzheimer's disease follows no specific or uniform pattern, finds a new study by researchers at UCL and Radboud University in the Netherlands.