New Tool Kit Helps Physicians Recognize and Manage Lewy Body Dementias Consortia Assemble Worldwide to Take on Lewy Body Dementia Can Researchers Detect Dementia With Lewy Bodies at the Prodromal Stage? Dementia with Lewy bodies is a devastating disorder,
Much of the neuron loss in rTg4510 mice comes from accidental disruptions in mouse genes rather than expression of mutant tau. Pathology spreads quickly in human tau knock-ins.
Going Viral: Alzheimer’s Research at Herpes Conference Herpesvirus: Trigger for Many Brain Pathologies? In light of recent work implicating human herpesviruses in AD, virologists invited Alzheimer’s researchers to join them at the 11th International Confe
Injecting α-synuclein fibrils into mouse gut sparked the proteopathic spread of misfolded α-synuclein into the brain, where the aggregates killed dopaminergic neurons and caused motor problems.
Co-sponsors Banner, Novartis, and Amgen announced that they will stop testing CNP520 in two Phase 2/3 studies in people at risk of AD. The drug worsened cognition.
At Quebec conference, human herpesvirus experts devoted a day to consider whether their favorite villain might play a hand in Alzheimer’s pathogenesis.
Brains of old mice birth fewer neurons when T cells invade the subventricular zone. The immune cells spew inflammatory cytokines that snuff out neurogenesis.
In a large observational study, men given androgen-deprivation therapy to combat prostate cancer had a higher chance of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or dementia within eight years.
Microglial responses to Alzheimer’s risk variants, and to tau pathology, appear to show a sex difference. Microglia in male versus female mice use different biological mechanisms to maintain homeostasis.