People with sleep apnea show increased accumulation of tau protein aggregates — a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease — in brain…
Articles by Patricia Inacio, PhD
Manipulating astrocytes — a type of cell in the brain — to deliver a protein that favors the survival of…
Abnormal levels of amyloid-beta and tau protein — two hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease — were detected in the cerebrospinal fluid…
Hispanic-American patients with Alzheimer’s disease tend to live significantly longer after disease onset and with milder cognitive decline than African-Americans…
A Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers for investigational therapy AZP2006 — an oral medicine that is meant to…
Boosting mitophagy — a natural process that clears neurons from damaged mitochondria (cells’ energy powerhouses) — decreased amyloid plaque formation…
Use of anti-epileptic therapy is not linked to an increased risk of dementia, according to the results of a real-world…
HIV therapies that block an enzyme that is essential for viruses to replicate, called reverse transcriptase, may offer a new…
Upon hibernation, the brains of Syrian hamsters undergo metabolic changes that involve the phosphorylation of tau protein — a hallmark…
The Alzheimer’s Association has funded a two-year extension of the SPRINT-MIND study — SPRINT MIND 2.0 — to further explore the…