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At blood levels that are typical in humans, an approved high blood pressure drug was able to clear toxic proteins of Parkinsons disease from mouse brains....
Scientists have designed a protein that folds into alpha sheets that can block toxic beta-amyloid in brain cells before it forms into large clumps....
Working memory tends to decline with age, and this problem is characterized by poor synchronicity between brain regions. Can researchers fix this issue...
Using brain scans that can detect hallmarks of Alzheimers could improve diagnosis and clinical care of people with dementia and mild cognitive impairment....
Scientists have found that an experimental drug that failed against cancer may treat dementia instead. However, can they test it in clinical trials...
Study of 531 cognitively healthy older adults over 11.5 years finds no link between smoking and dementia after accounting for competing risk of death....