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Sleep deprivation accelerates Alzheimer’s brain damage

Poor sleep has long been linked with Alzheimer’s disease, but researchers have understood little about how sleep disruptions drive the

A simple blood test reliably detects signs of brain damage in people on the path to developing Alzheimer’s disease –

With a little help from HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” University of California, Irvine neurobiologists have uncovered a key component of

Leaky capillaries in the brain portend early onset of Alzheimer’s disease as they signal cognitive impairment before hallmark toxic proteins

As amyloid beta peptides bind to prion proteins, a cascade of events, which include the accumulation of plaques, abnormal immune

Years of depression can cause brain inflammation that has been linked to degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, an analysis

A UCL-led team has developed a cognitive test to detect subtle memory deficits years before Alzheimer’s disease symptoms develop. The

Mild cognitive impairment is an intermediate stage between the expected cognitive decline of normal aging and the more serious decline

The theory that education protects against Alzheimer’s disease has been given further weight by new research. Alzheimer’s disease is the

The latest study showed that six weeks of 20-minute bouts of interval training led to significant improvements in high-interference memory.