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·February 8, 2017·4 min read

Designer Compound May Untangle Damage Leading to Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers report a new compound could help prevent and may even reverse some of the brain injury caused by the Tau protein in dementia.

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·January 31, 2017·4 min read

Glucose Deprivation in the Brain Sets Stage for Alzheimer’s

Researchers discover a decline in glucose levels in the brain that occurs during the early stages of MCI.

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·January 26, 2017·6 min read

Drug Compound Halts Alzheimer’s Related Damage in Mice

Researchers report a synthetic molecule can reduce tau and even reverse some neurological damage in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.

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·January 19, 2017·5 min read

Excess Tau Protein Damages Brain’s GPS For Alzheimer’s Patients

The spatial dissociation in Alzheimer's disease that causes people to wander may be a result of tau accumulation in the entorhinal cortex's grid cells, a new study reports.

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·January 11, 2017·5 min read

Potential Target For Alzheimer’s Treatments

Researchers discover a protein that appears to have an indirect influence on tau proteins. The findings may help in the development of new Alzheimer's treatments.

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·January 5, 2017·3 min read

Mouse Model Points to Potential New Alzheimer’s Treatment

Inhibiting an enzyme that is elevated in people with Alzheimer's appears to reverse cognitive decline and neuropathy associated with the disease.

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·December 22, 2016·3 min read

Promising Discovery For A Non-Invasive Early Detection of Alzheimer’s

A new paper details a technology that can detect pathological oligomeric forms of tau in Alzheimer's patients through human blood platelets.

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·December 6, 2016·5 min read

Early Signs of Alzheimer’s Identified

Researchers confirm both amyloid beta and tau are present in brain areas associated with memory and information processing during very early stages of Alzheimer's.

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·November 17, 2016·4 min read

Role of Key Protein in Alzheimer’s Development Discovered

Kinase p38y, a protein lost as Alzheimer's progresses, appears to have a protective effect against memory deficits associated with the disease when it is reintroduced into the brains of mice, a new study reports.