This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3. Mitochondrial dysfunction is an early and prominent feature of dementia. In particular, cytochrome oxidase function is reduced across ...

A simple blood draw may soon tell a cognitively healthy person how many years they have before Alzheimer’s symptoms begin.

A person’s body can age faster than the calendar suggests, and that gap may carry important clues about dementia risk. In a ...

Plasma p-tau217 successfully identified Alzheimer's pathology in several neurodegenerative syndromes. This included disorders not typically associated with Alzheimer's disease, like frontotemporal ...

Summary: A collaborative study reveals that maintaining robust overall brain health can protect memory and thinking skills ...

Depressive symptoms were tied to early changes in Alzheimer's pathology in regions associated with emotional control. Greater depressive symptoms were associated with amyloid accumulation in frontal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Prolonged REM sleep latency was associated with three key Alzheimer’s-specific pathological changes. REM sleep ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cell transformation begins with slow degeneration and progresses rapidly. The data confirmed results from ...

Viral infections may play a role in Alzheimer's disease. University of Pittsburgh researchers uncovered a surprising link between Alzheimer's disease and herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), suggesting ...

Studies have suggested that viruses may play a role in certain neurodegenerative diseases. Some of these studies have linked the herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) and Alzheimer’s disease. The herpes ...

Today we begin a several-part series on Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of memory loss and dementia. Alzheimer’s is a brain disease characterized by amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary ...