Tulane University researchers created a first-of-its-kind subcellular map of an area of the brain commonly affected by ...

Among members of the Richardson family who carry a mutation in the PSEN1 gene, the average age when symptoms start is 39.

Maria Shriver helped launch a Las Vegas clinic to uncover why Alzheimer’s affects women most — and how lifestyle changes may ...

A recent study by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) has uncovered a crucial link that may explain ...

A blood test for insulin resistance (a hallmark of diabetes) may offer clues about the speed of memory loss for people with early Alzheimer’s disease.

In this uncontrolled environment, the pathological cascade of Alzheimer’s begins, with the formation of beta-amyloid protein ...

From making accusations to usage of foul language, dementia can bring about unsettling behavioural changes in a loved one.

Some people just have no sense of direction whatsoever. Words like "north, south, east, and west" may as well be a foreign ...

They form because amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides - short chains of amino acids - have a tendency to clump and aggregate, forming ...

A study conducted by researchers from the University of Queensland could help explain how Alzheimer’s disease takes hold.

A rare gene mutation that delays Alzheimer's disease does so by damping inflammatory signaling in brain-resident immune cells ...