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Even in the prime of our lives, while still healthy and clever, our brains may be secretly developing the deadly plaques and tangles of Alzheimer’s disease. The first sign of
Even in the prime of our lives, while still healthy and clever, our brains may be secretly developing the deadly plaques and tangles of Alzheimer’s disease. The first sign of trouble is memory loss – and, by then, damage is done. But innovative new blood tests can now detect these hidden signs of di
A promising test is being used in a major National Institutes of Health-funded drug study at 75 medical centers.
Even in the prime of our lives, while still healthy and clever, our brains may be secretly developing the deadly plaques and tangles of Alzheimer’s disease. The first sign of
Physical activity may improve brain health, particularly in Alzheimer’s disease through decreased microglial immune activation, according to a new research study published in the Journal of Neuroscience. The researchers monitor 24-hour activity levels before annual cognitive exams in the study participants and in postmortem brain tissue analyses of these participants, they measure morphological and synaptic markers of microglia activation through immunohistochemistry, and Alzheimer’s disease pathology.