01 Mar 2019
Using a new optogenetic model for TDP-43 phase transitions, scientists see the protein aggregate outside, not inside stress granules. The model distinguishes physiological from abnormal phase transition.
16 Aug 2007
Dysfunction of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS)...
10 Aug 2007
Glaucoma and Alzheimer disease (AD) might share more than being chronic, age-related diseases with devastating neurodegeneration...
15 Jul 2007
The basic understanding of Parkinson disease, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s, is...
20 Jun 2007
Since mutations in the PINK1 and DJ-1 genes were found to cause autosomal recessive forms of Parkinson disease...
10 Dec 2006
The human ApoE4 isoform is the biggest single risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer disease (AD)...
07 Sep 2006
Just as amyloid-β toxicity may be attenuated by proteases such as insulin degrading enzyme and neprilysin, tau toxicity...
01 Aug 2005
In life, you wouldn’t trust a child to do an adult’s job. In the brain, the same might be true...
01 Dec 2005
The story of intraneuronal Aβ has generated a steady buzz at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience...
02 Dec 2005
This is the third installment of a four-part news series about intraneuronal Aβ from the 35th Annual Conference of the Society for Neuroscience...
05 Dec 2005
In the aftermath of a recent spate of gene discoveries for Parkinson disease, some of the prizes scientists were chasing...
23 Dec 2005
In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), motor neurons in the spinal cord and central nervous system die off for unknown reasons...
22 Feb 2006
This is part 3 of a 5-part series. See also <a href="/news/conference-coverage/translational-biomarkers-alzheimer-disease-research-part-1">part 1</a> and <a href="/news/conference-coverage/translational-biomarkers-alzheimer-disease-research-part-2">part 2</a>...
27 Feb 2006
Who says you can’t work on an empty stomach? You won’t get far lifting weights, but you may be able to...
24 May 2006
Part 6 of our 11-part Eibsee conference series.