Scientists are revealing mroe about why TDP-43 has long been linked to the neurodegenerative disorders Alzheimer's, FTD, and ...

An editorial reviews evidence that periodontitis and oral bacteria may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease via ...

Progressive degeneration in a neuronal network: blue represents healthy neurons, while orange and red represent the protein NPTX2. Yellow shows the toxic aggregation of the protein TDP-43. Scientists ...

Heather Rice can recall a moment early in her career that helped shape how she thinks about Alzheimer’s disease. It happened when she was a zoology major at the University of Oklahoma in 2007, after ...

Some viral diseases could possibly contribute to neurodegeneration. Researchers found that certain viral molecules facilitated intercellular spreading of protein aggregates that are hallmarks of brain ...

A new study finds a correlation between neurodegeneration in obese people and Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, suggesting that losing excess weight could slow cognitive decline in aging and lower ...

Nearly two dozen experimental therapies targeting the immune system are in clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease, a reflection of the growing recognition that immune processes play a key role in ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disorder that prompts the body's immune system to attack myelin, the protective sheath covering nerve cells in the brain, optic nerve and spinal cord. This can in turn ...

Ravi Menon has received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Brain Canada, BrainsCAN (the Canada First Research Excellence Fund) and the US Department of Defence for concussion ...