FDA Under Scrutiny: A Tale of Two Drugs
By Sarah Wade
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating illness that gradually destroys the brain. This disease affects over 30 million people worldwide (Haque & Levey, 2019) and is the…
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Tau
Knowing Alzheimer’s
For this month’s infographic, Federica Raguseo is sharing information on Alzheimer’s Disease.…
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Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease
By Mariella Careaga
Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative brain disorder that progressively impacts a person’s cognitive functioning and behavioral capacities, leading, ultimately, to the disruption of that person’s daily life.…
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Recently reported fraudulent research in Alzheimer’s: does this actually risk a key theory of the disease?
By Diana Ortega Cruz
In previous articles at Knowing Neurons, we have discussed the neurobiology of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), the most common form of dementia. This neurodegenerative disease has long…
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The Pathology of Alzheimer’s Disease
Whether it be forgetting 20 years of your life or having the same conversation every five minutes only to forget it each time, memory impairment can take a large toll…
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The Tenets of Tauists
For the labs working tirelessly to understand the underpinnings of Alzheimer’s disease, there are often two camps: BAPtists and tau-ists. …
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