PAPER Yu G, Yan T, Feng Y, Liu X, Xia Y, Luo H, Wang JZ, Wang X

Ser9 phosphorylation causes cytoplasmic detention of I2(PP2A)/SET in Alzheimer disease.

Neurobiol Aging. 2013 Jul;34(7):1748-58. PubMed: 23374587

PAPER Hochfeld WE, Lee S, Rubinsztein DC

Therapeutic induction of autophagy to modulate neurodegenerative disease progression.

Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2013 Feb 4; PubMed: 23377551

PAPER Bigio EH, Wu JY, Deng HX, Bit-Ivan EN, Mao Q, Ganti R, Peterson M, Siddique N, Geula C, Siddique T, Mesulam M

Inclusions in frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 proteinopathy (FTLD-TDP) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but not FTLD with FUS proteinopathy (FTLD-FUS), have properties of amyloid.

Acta Neuropathol. 2013 Mar;125(3):463-5. PubMed: 23378033

Tania Salazar

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United States

PAPER Yang T, Hong S, O'Malley T, Sperling RA, Walsh DM, Selkoe DJ

New ELISAs with high specificity for soluble oligomers of amyloid β-protein detect natural Aβ oligomers in human brain but not CSF.

Alzheimers Dement. 2013 Mar;9(2):99-112. PubMed: 23375565

John Hsiao

National Institute on Aging
Bethesda, United States

New Assays for Aβ Oligomers—Spinal Fluid a Miss, Brain Awash

RESEARCH NEWS 2013-02-05 Research News Like a blue moon, could oligomeric amyloid-β in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) be too rare to be informative? In a paper in the February 1 Alzheimer's & Dementia online, researchers led by Dennis Selkoe at Brigham and Women's Ho

Kelly Dakin

Lurie Center for Autism
Lexington, United States

PAPER Novák M

Truncated tau protein as a new marker for Alzheimer's disease.

Acta Virol. 1994 Jun;38(3):173-89. PubMed: 7817900

Tamara Kostovic

Switzerland

Debbie Glasse

Bristol

Hanne Mali Møllergård

Akershus University Hospital
Lørenskog, Norway

Truncated Tau Triggers Tangles, Transmits Pathology

RESEARCH NEWS 2013-02-04 Research News What transforms tau from a well-behaved protein into a rogue? While much attention has focused on hyperphosphorylation, Michal Novak and Branislav Kovacech at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava propose that truncation is the culpri

No Hill of Beans: AlzRisk Adds Obesity, Expands Diabetes

RESEARCH NEWS 2013-02-04 Research News Did you ever wonder what all the studies on weight and Alzheimer’s amount to at the end of the day? Thanks to its latest upgrade, AlzRisk can now answer that question. The public database newly features information on obesity, bringing the n

PAPER Hsieh S, Hodges JR, Piguet O

Recognition of positive vocalizations is impaired in behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia.

J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2013 Apr;19(4):483-7. PubMed: 23369869