Sleep is essential for our survival—just like food and water. Yet, almost two out of three people in the US don’t get enough ...

Stressful life events can negatively impact brain health. Specifically, grief over the loss of a partner has been linked to alterations in biological processes associated with Alzheimer's disease, ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an updated label for Amyvid (florbetapir F 18 injection) to support Alzheimer disease diagnosis in patients.

Microglia activation is the brain's major immune response to amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Both cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of soluble TREM2 (sTREM2), a biomarker of microglia ...

Goodman Y, Mattson M. Secreted forms of beta-amyloid precursor protein protect hippocampal neurons against amyloid beta-peptide-induced oxidative injury. Exp Neurol 1994;128:1-12. Sultana R, ...

Why Chronic Stress is a Performance Killer When stress hormones stay elevated, your body goes into breakdown mode. • Muscle repair slows down. • Learning and memory take a hit.

Oxidative stress from the increase of reactive oxygen species in cells is a common part of the normal aging process and is accelerated in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Herein, we report the ...

Summary: Scientists have mapped how over 140,000 mutations affect the formation of amyloid beta fibrils, offering an unprecedented look at early events in Alzheimer’s disease. By combining DNA ...