A study has identified the gene that explains why excitatory neurons — brain cells that excite their targets — are…
Articles by Jonathan Grinstein
A new test using patients’ saliva may be helpful in distinguishing between Alzheimer’s, mild cognitive impairment, and normal brain…
A newly identified “tracer” molecule that binds to and “lights up” aggregates of tau — a protein linked to Alzheimer’s…
A new treatment using focused ultrasound to treat early-stage Alzheimer’s disease was successfully administered to a patient. The treatment, which…
Use of an active DNA vaccine in mice with hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease significantly lowered the toxic accumulation of…
A new approach for delivering antibody-based therapeutics to the brain by exploiting the fluid surrounding the brain’s blood vessels was proposed…