People at heightened risk of Alzheimer’s disease may be able to slow their cognitive decline by taking more daily steps, a new study suggests. Researchers found people with early, presymptomatic ...

Disrupted sleep patterns in Alzheimer’s disease may be more than a symptom—they could be a driving force. Researchers at Washington University found that the brain’s circadian rhythms are thrown off ...

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Light sheet fluorescence microscope images of mouse brain 12 hours after not being treated with nanoparticles. The brains were analyzed to see the amount of Aβ plaques accumulation. (Institute for ...

Black Americans face a significantly higher risk of Alzheimer’s and other dementias than white Americans. Researchers are working to find out why that is and how to intervene. About four years ago ...

Researchers at USC have created the first method to noninvasively measure microscopic blood vessel pulses in the human brain. Using advanced 7T MRI, they found these tiny pulsations grow stronger with ...

One of neurologist Anelyssa D’Abreu’s least favorite tasks is giving her patients a dreaded diagnosis: early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. But it’s not quite as bad as it used to be. Today when they ask, ...

A Washington man appeared to be destined to develop Alzheimer’s disease — but against all genetic odds, he has eluded the common dementia for decades. Researchers at the Washington University School ...