Fundamental knowledge gaps in Alzheimer disease research include a clear grasp of the normal role of the amyloid precursor protein (APP), and the molecular basis for the increased risk for AD as people age...
The apolipoprotein E4 allele (ApoE4) is the most prominent genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer disease (LOAD), but it is not the whole story...
The table of evidence regarding inflammatory and even autoimmune processes in Alzheimer's continues to accumulate in a piecemeal fashion, awaiting experimental breakthroughs to give it direction and a greater following. But accumulate it does, and in this article we summarize some of the recent appetizers...
Not only the sweet scent from the ubiquitous citrus trees aroused the senses at the 7th international AD/PD meeting in Sorrento, but the unlikely theme of...
Four new mouse studies sketch how molecular alterations involving neuregulin-1 (Nrg1) might lead to neurological and behavioral deficits in schizophrenia...