Nervous System; Alzheimer

Despite decades of research, Alzheimer's disease remains a debilitating and eventually fatal dementia with no effective treatment options. More than 95 percent of Alzheimer's disease cases have no known origin. Now, scientists from the Salk…

Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are defined by pathogenic accumulation of toxic proteins in the brain. Now, however, scientists from the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology have established…

Inside brain cells, errors in DNA can accumulate as we age. But in patients with Alzheimer's disease, these errors -- known as somatic mutations -- may build up at a faster rate. A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women's…