In 1906, Alois Alzheimer first described an unusual set of symptoms ... disease progression. Along with Aβ plaques, the second key pathology identified was neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs).

Researchers have uncovered a compelling potential link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the ...

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and the most common cause of ... beta forms sticky plaques between brain cells, while tau aggregates into tangles within cells ...

The current human tissue-based study provides convincing evidence correlating hippocampal expressions of RNA guanine-rich G-quadruplexes with aging and with Alzheimer's Disease presence and severity.

“This crucial result was discovered because we investigated Alzheimer’s disease pathology as early ... including amyloid plaques and tau tangles, proteins that build up between nerve cells.

A growing body of work implicates infections as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. In the December 19 Alzheimer’s & Dementia ... Their presence in AD brains correlated with a higher burden of ...

There's still so much we don't know about Alzheimer's disease, but the link between poor sleep and worsening disease is one ...

with greater amounts of viral proteins co-localized with tangles of phosphorylated tau—one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease pathology—in brain regions especially vulnerable to ...

Regular aerobic exercise could significantly reduce disease markers associated ... the impact of aerobic exercise on key Alzheimer’s markers: amyloid plaques, tau tangles, and iron accumulation in ...