Gut-Brain Connection. People who have CD83+ microglia in their brains also have HCMV (top left) and IgG4 (top right) in their ...

Notably, this coupling crumbles with age in mice. Restoring it not only bolstered neuronal energy reserves, but also strengthened synaptic signaling and counteracted memory loss in old animals.

The easiest way to track down "when" in a chronic disorder like AD is with the causal quartet, those carrying disease-causing mutations in APP, PSEN1, PSEN2 and SORL1, and, as you expand, including ...

This letter was prompted by your recent perspective paper and the responses it provoked in an Alzforum discussion. Generally, my comments are offered with the intellectual humility required when ...

Both presenilin-1 or the less-studied presenlin-2 can act as the catalytic subunit of γ-secretase, the enzyme responsible for churning out Aβ peptides. A new study, published November 29 in Nature ...

Many genes and proteins have been linked to Alzheimer’s, but which ones directly contribute to disease? This question has been hard to answer. In the December 11 Cell Genomics, scientists led by ...

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• PhD, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 2008 • MS, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 2000 • MD, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 1997 ...

SIRT6 in AD? DNA damage and oxidative stress reduce the level of SIRT6 deacetylase in aging, leading to more acetylated APP. This prevents APP ubiquitination and destruction in the proteasome and ...

Sixty percent said they would take a disease-modifying treatment if it provided three additional years of independence, compared to 45 percent for a treatment offering six months. These numbers varied ...