Brain cells regenerate, inflammation could drop as much as 68% when seniors exercise regularly BRISTOL, England — As ...

Dementia is diagnosed presumptively by a clinical exam that notes impairments in cognitive functioning such as memory, ...

The Amyloid—Tangle Connection. Aβ aggregates (green) hyper-excite neurons in tau epicenters and connected regions, strengthening that connectivity. This pushes tau propagation from one region to ...

The next Alzheimer’s treatment could come from an unexpected place. In new research released this week, scientists have found ...

Immunostaining revealed that the fibril-derived protofibrils diffused rapidly through the brain into areas associated ... inert amyloid plaques into toxic protofibrils.

MHH neurologist investigates how lipid measurements in the blood can be used to more accurately predict the risk of an impending stroke ...

Immune cells in the brain called microglia can partially break down large amyloid plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease by latching on to them, forming a sort of external stomach and ...

Researchers from the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University in Finland and the University of Wisconsin in the United States demonstrated that individuals who had childhood epilepsy have an ...

can oral bacteria cause a change in the brain cells?" The microglial cells the researchers studied are a type of white blood cell responsible for digesting amyloid plaque. Forsyth scientists found ...

Treatment was initiated when the mice were 10 months old, the age at which plaque deposition typically begins in this model. The brains of treated and untreated mice were compared 6 months later.

Higher levels of visceral fat were correlated with more amyloid plaque in the brains of cognitively ... were associated with high amyloid in the brain. The study showed effects of visceral fat ...