κWhen microglia wind up with a belly full of lipid droplets, it’s a sign that the cells are rallying, perhaps in vain, to a neurodegenerative threat. But according to a study published July 10 in Cell ...

Machine learning software sharpens the diagnostic utility of FDG PET scans. StateViewer told apart nine neurodegenerative diseases with 93 percent accuracy. Using the program made radiologists three ...

p-Tau217 might be the Benjamin Button of biomarkers—starting off old and ending up young. Seriously, p-tau217 is unusually high at birth before waning with age, scientists report. In a cross-sectional ...

Two studies analyzed tau-PET scans from thousands of participants in dozens of cohorts. Tangle prevalence increased with age among cognitively normal people, but decreased among those with dementia.

Is Alzheimer’s disease different in people with Down’s? Two recent proteomics studies say yes. In the July 1 Nature Communications, scientists led by Erik Johnson at Emory University School of ...

Every participant in the Dutch 100-Plus study is, by definition, exceptional. Just to qualify for enrollment, they must have remained cognitively healthy even after logging 100 laps around the sun.

Research News Parkinsonian disorders are difficult to diagnose. Clinical symptoms often overlap ...

Postdoctoral Position- Neurobiology of Parkinson’s Disease JOB 2025-07-09 Employer Université Laval Contact [email protected] Description The team specializes in the study of ...

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Early onset familial Alzheimer disease (eFAD) is hereditary and marked by Alzheimer disease symptoms that appear at an unusually early age. Symptoms can start in a person's thirties, forties, and ...

In a June 12 conference at UW-Madison, researchers gathered from across the U.S. and abroad to discuss the latest progress on TDP-43 biomarkers. In all, 74 people attended in person, and 727 virtually ...

TDP-43 Conference Marks Concerted Effort to Finally Snag Biomarkers Add To My AlzForum 30 Jun 2025 Steps Forward: Immunoassays for cryptic HDGFL2 flag TDP-43 proteinopathy in diverse disorders.