Forget Typical Alzheimer's: AI Finds Four Types.
Machine learning analysis of 912 PET scans says neurofibrillary tangles spread through the AD brain in one of four distinct patterns.
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Machine learning analysis of 912 PET scans says neurofibrillary tangles spread through the AD brain in one of four distinct patterns.
Instead of chewing up and disposing of the amyloid they ingest, microglia appear to compact it, then spit it back out as dense-core plaque.
In animals, polyamines such as spermidine enhance autophagy, rejuvenate mitochondria, and slow cognitive decline. Buzzword: hypusination. Human data not far behind.
People who develop Type 2 diabetes before age 60 have more than double the dementia risk, and earlier dementia onset, than those without diabetes.
The fewer their meningeal lymphatic vessels, the slower treated mice clear plaques. Lymphatic dysfunction also drives microglial activation, hinting at a role in pathology.
Disruption of the membraneless organelles may explain toxicity of tau aggregates.
The APP/PS1 double knock-ins begin to deposit amyloid in the brain by 3 months of age.
In mice, an IgG4 version of semorinemab better protected neurons, but for AX004, an IgG1 version better cleared tau. How to make the choice?
In postmortem brain, proteins involved in all manner of vesicular functions waxed or waned with increasing phases of disease, starting years prior to symptoms.
The iPSC Neurodegenerative Disease Initiative is creating 100+ isogenic cell lines. Each carries a different risk variant for Alzheimer's or a related dementia. Scientists around the world can obtain the cells through Jackson Labs.
The first detailed look at expression profiles in blood vessels of the human brain identifies new cell subtypes. These cells express 30 of the top 45 AD risk genes.
In mice, polyamines boost autophagy and promote clearance of soluble Aβ species. In cells, they counteract tau aggregation. In the Alzheimer’s brain, their metabolism is ramped up. Could spermidine supplements prevent or treat AD?
Incorporation of a cryptic exon scuttles translation of UNC13A, but only in neurons lacking nuclear TDP-43. UNC13A ALS/FTD risk variants exacerbate the aberrant splicing.
In cell culture, neurons with the strongest expression of cell-cycle proteins survived best in the presence of Aβ oligomers.
Herpes infection upped risk in ApoE4 carriers, damaged brain tissue, and correlated with neurodegeneration markers in the CSF.
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