Scientists at CTAD were excited about postmortem validation of tau scans and new, more sensitive tracers. Others are exploring practical applications for live imaging of tau pathology.
Toxic Stew of Aβ Dimers Hides Out in Human Plaques How Immune Cells From Blood Beget Aging in Brain Toxic Tau: Who Are You, and Where Are You From? Tau Silences, Aβ Inflames; Hitting Excitatory Synapses Hardest When Glial Clocks Fall Out of Sync, Inflamma
With plasma tests performing in AIBL staging, scientists are sharing data across platforms and cohorts, and tackling standardization to avoid time lost to irreproducibility.
International Symposium Puts PSP/CBD on the Map Can Clinical Trials and Longitudinal Studies Crack Rare Tauopathies? Tufted astrocytes? Astrocytic plaques? These tau pathologies mark progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration, respective
Neurofilament light protein in the serum registers the degree of axonal damage after cardiac arrest, and may help doctors predict long-term consequences for the brain.
Bump in the Road or Disaster? BACE Inhibitors Worsen Cognition Second Look at BAN2401 Data Still Positive, Despite Snafu Blood Tests for Amyloid Step Out at CTAD It’s Official: Tau PET Sees Tangles, and Staging Tangles Predicts Decline Amyloid PET Aids Di
Much like tau, Aβ, and α-synuclein, pathological TDP-43 spreads through the mouse brain, following the trail of neuronal connections and corrupting healthy protein along the way.
Alzheimer’s Researchers Seek Advice on How to Include African-Americans Do African-Americans Have More, or Different, Alzheimer’s Disease? Too Little Data to Tell Is Alzheimer’s more common, or different, in black Americans? Or do cerebrovascular risk fac
At a workshop on engaging more black Americans in ADRD research, new CSF findings stood out against a general dearth of data on Alzheimer’s disease in underrepresented minorities.