Research Brief: Meet Drosophila ’s Stinging Sister, Nasonia
<em>Drosophila</em> geneticists with an interest in neurodegeneration can now avail themselves of a new insect model...
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<em>Drosophila</em> geneticists with an interest in neurodegeneration can now avail themselves of a new insect model...
Though ApoE4 genotype has for years topped the list of genetic risk factors for AD, scientists grapple with how this allele makes people more prone to AD...
Neuronal stem cells are proving to function like capable paramedics, coming to the rescue of degenerating neurons in multiple animal models of disease...
The protein aggregates that brew discord in several neurodegenerative diseases may have some troublemakers in common...
William R. Markesbery, or Bill, as he was affectionately known, passed away on Saturday, 30 January 2010...
Written up as a novel, the relationship between Aβ and the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7 nAChR) has the makings of a bestseller...
To form and cement memories, the synapse must restructure itself, breaking down some proteins and rebuilding new configurations...
In Phoenix, senior industry and academic scientists, and regulatory and statistical advisers, dug deep into the details of a proposed pre-symptomatic trials initiative...
If schizophrenia has its roots in early brain development, why does the disease most often appear in adolescence or early adulthood?...
Scientists assert the amyloidogenic peptide Aβ serves the physiological function of fighting off microbes as part of the body’s innate immune system...
A new study reveals an intriguing link between two top suspects in schizophrenia, neuregulin-1 (NRG1) and disrupted in schizophrenia-1 (DISC1)...
New standards for reporting clinical trials were simultaneously published this week...
Following disappointing results in its Phase 3 CONNECTION trial of Dimebon for Alzheimer disease (AD), Medivation, Inc., is cutting its workforce...
Researchers used two-photon calcium imaging to look more directly at real-time microcircuit dynamics in awake, active mice...
Research supports the hypothesis that amyloid-forming peptides are the source of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s as well as familial dementias...