Global Endeavor Underway to Treat Dementia
A global effort to combat dementia has been conducting a yearlong series of events. Alzforum spoke with Dennis Gillings, who chairs the new World Dementia Council.
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A global effort to combat dementia has been conducting a yearlong series of events. Alzforum spoke with Dennis Gillings, who chairs the new World Dementia Council.
Researchers will have full access to a gargantuan genetic meta-analysis on the newly revamped PDGene database.
New data strengthens the evidence that dementia risk is dropping in developed countries, possibly due to better education and heart health.
In mouse models, Aβ aggregates injected into the belly invade the brain, as do prion seeds.
Lifestyle changes to evade dementia, such as healthy eating and exercise, made a strong showing at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Signals emanating from the prefrontal cortex play a role in forming memories in the hippocampus, a study reports. The finding could have implications for Alzheimer’s.
Researchers have modeled a motor neuron in silico to show how energy shortage could lead to its degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
An active immunotherapy is coming to the fore as researchers continue to try novel therapies.
Does a tau-based early diagnosis look more likely?
In a large observational study, high blood pressure in midlife correlated with faster cognitive decline over the next two decades.
Researchers continue to screen blood for factors that signal neurodegenerative disease.
Neurons derived from an octogenarian donor thrived in rat spinal cord lesions, extending thousands of axons along the length of the cord, even into the cortex.
Not the RNA aggregates, but the repeat dipeptides made from expansions in the C9ORF72 gene are responsible for neurodegeneration, a study claims.
In gritty and sometimes harrowing detail, activist Meryl Comer describes the reality of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease.
Blocking the microglial receptor for pro-inflammatory prostaglandin D2 protects motor neurons from glial toxicity in ALS cell and mouse models.