Researchers have discovered the mechanism by which neurofibrillary tangles spread through the brain of Alzheimer's patients is via connected neurons, and these findings reveal a major disease etiology that could lead to new ...
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Having higher levels of vitamin D in the blood in middle age is associated with lower levels of tau protein in the brain, which is a sign of dementia, years later, according to a study published in Neurology Open Access. ...
Apr 1, 2026
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that takes away a person's memory, thinking skills, and eventually the ability to perform basic tasks. A recent study has provided further evidence that the disease ...
New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis adds to growing evidence that helping brain cells break down and eliminate their own cellular waste is a promising treatment strategy for a variety of ...
Mar 31, 2026
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Most people think of Alzheimer's disease as an illness of aging. But in fact, the brain changes that characterize it begin much earlier—sometime around the third decade of life.
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Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the accumulation of two proteins in the brain: amyloid-beta and tau. Tau normally stabilizes the structure of nerve cells, but in this disease the protein undergoes chemical changes ...
Mar 23, 2026
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Amyloid beta and tau proteins compete for the same binding sites on microtubules in neurons, suggesting that displacement of tau by amyloid beta, rather than aggregation of either protein, may be the primary driver of Alzheimer's ...
Mar 17, 2026
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A team of researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has identified important differences in how early Alzheimer's disease-related ...
Mar 12, 2026
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a potential new strategy to fight back against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, conditions that are linked to the toxic accumulation of Tau and alpha synuclein ...
Mar 6, 2026
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Accumulation of the protein tau in the brain is one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. In a paper published in Cell Press Blue, researchers report a previously unknown mechanism that appears to enable the buildup of ...
Mar 5, 2026
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