Tau Archives - Knowing Neurons

Sarah Wade April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 aducanumab, Alzeihmer's disease, amyloid-β plaques, clinical trials, CMS, Cognitive Decline, donanemab, FDA, lecanemab, Science Policy, Tau

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… Read More

Infographics

Federica Raguseo November 7, 2022December 7, 2022 Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid plaque, Cell death, Cognitive Decline, Environmental, genetic, neurofibrillary tangles, Neuron signaling, Tau

Knowing Alzheimer’s

For this month’s infographic, Federica Raguseo is sharing information on Alzheimer’s Disease.… Read More

Neuroscience Technologies Cognition

Mariella Careaga September 28, 2022December 30, 2022 Alzheimers disease, Amyloid beta, Biomarker, Cognitive Decline, cognitive impariment, CSF, CT scan, dementia, diagnosis, Drugs, invasive testing, Metabolism, misdiagnosis, MRI, PET, Tau, tracer, Treatment

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.… Read More

Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Diana Ortega Cruz September 2, 2022September 9, 2022 Alzheimer’s disease, Amyloid beta, brain tissue, FDA, fraudulent research, neuropathological diagnosis, opensource research, PET, Protein, research community, rodent model, Tau, western blot

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… Read More

Aging Learning and Memory Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Khayla Black December 6, 2018November 11, 2023 Aging, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s disease, Amyloid beta, amyloid plaque, dementia, neurofibrillary tangles, Tau

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… Read More

Learning and Memory Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Jillian L. Shaw April 2, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, Alzheimer's, Chromatin, degeneration, DNA, Drosophila, Euchromatin, Feany, Frost, Fruit fly, H3K9me2, Heterochromatin, HP1a, Hyperphosphorylated, Nature Neuroscience, Neurotoxicity, Nucleus, Tau, Tau promotes neurodegeneration through global chromatin relaxation, Tauopathy

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. … Read More