The way in which brains shrink in those who develop Alzheimer's disease follows no specific or uniform pattern, finds a new study by researchers at UCL and Radboud University in the Netherlands.

The brain of a US woman with Down syndrome showed the classic signs of Alzheimer’s disease upon her death, yet she remained symptom free throughout her lifetime. Researchers say the case stud… ...

At this point, no one believes that amyloid is all there is to Alzheimer’s. Some researchers subscribe to the “amyloid cascade” theory—the idea that amyloid accumulation sets into motion a ...