Alzheimer’s disease progresses in stages. In stage 1, there are no symptoms, but imaging scans may show brain changes. By stage 5, the effect on a person’s mental and physical health can be ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Investigators have discovered how brain cells responsible for working memory -- the type required to remember a phone number long enough to dial it -- coordinate intentional ...
Sundowning is a group of symptoms that many people with dementia get in the late afternoon and early evening. It includes confusion, trouble sleeping, anxiety, wandering, and hallucinations.
More information: Renzo Mancuso et al, Xenografted human microglia display diverse transcriptomic states in response to Alzheimer's disease-related amyloid-β pathology, Nature Neuroscience (2024 ...
When I turned 60, my primary-care physician said something profound: “There is no reason for someone to wake up in this day and age and find that they have advanced colon cancer.” It was a ...
Scientists insist that early diagnosis of dementia – by watching out for subtle symptoms – is key Credit: E+ It’s well known that memory loss and confusion are one of the early signs and ...
Familial Alzheimer’s disease can be transferred via bone marrow transplant, researchers show March 28 in the journal Stem Cell Reports. When the team transplanted bone marrow stem cells from ...
At the beginning of March, the FDA delayed approval of another Alzheimer’s drug, an anti-amyloid called donanemab. Credit: Shutterstock In the past few years pharmaceutical companies have developed a ...
The study reports the keto diet can slow the arrival of mild cognitive loss that signals the development of Alzheimer’s disease. It goes on to say that a low-carb, high-fat keto diet results in ...
Familial Alzheimer's disease can be transferred via bone marrow transplant, researchers show March 28 in the journal Stem Cell Reports.When the team transplanted bone marrow stem cells from mice ...
In this model of heritable Alzheimer's disease, mice usually begin developing plaques at nine to 10 months of age, and behavioral signs of cognitive decline begin to appear at 11 to 12 months of age.