Next time you ponder the pros and cons of coal burning power plants, consider this: Mitochondria, our cellular power plants, do a great job keeping us supplied with ATP, but they, too, have emission problems...
Because insulin degrading enzyme (IDE) also degrades Aβ (as well as the AβPP intracellular domain), it has come under intense scrutiny in AD research...
Drug cocktails have transformed HIV infection from a deadly to a chronic disease, giving HIV carriers a new lease on life. But new long-term consequences...
Venturing off the beaten path, <strong>Bryce Carey</strong> yesterday presented a poster at the Society for Neuroscience meeting about the interaction...
Which genes are responsible for the known phenomenon that cholinergic neurons in Alzheimer disease and Down syndrome die because they can’t get their daily fix of nerve growth factor?...
Microtubule affinity regulating kinases (MARKs) regulate transport along axonal microtubules by pulling microtubule-associated proteins, including tau, off the tracks...
Inclusion bodies: Grim reapers or guardian angels? A robotic microscope, which can monitor the health of hundreds of neurons infected with mutant huntingtin, has the answer...
A special section in the September 30 Neuron reviews some of the advances made in understanding the processes involved in learning, storing, and recollecting information...