by Fernando Rigon | Jun 7, 2023 | News
A blood test may help identify individuals at risk for Alzheimer’s before they show any signs of the disease, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine. The blood test looks at the activity of star-shaped brain cells in the blood...
by Fernando Rigon | Jun 7, 2023 | News
Astrocytes, cells that are involved in the brain’s support system, might play an important role in the progression of Alzheimer disease, according to results from 1016 participants with and without amyloid-β pathology who were all cognitively unimpaired....
by Fernando Rigon | May 30, 2023 | News
Tharick Pascoal, MD, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry) is an internationally recognized expert on the imaging and fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. He recently published two papers examining the multifaceted but interactive...
by Fernando Rigon | May 29, 2023 | News
A blood test that can detect people at early risk of Alzheimer’s is a step closer after scientists implicated a key brain cell in the development of the disease. As well as providing the basis for a test, their work points to a resolution of one of the persistent...
by Fernando Rigon | May 29, 2023 | News
Scientists may have found the true cause of Alzheimer’s disease — and believe the condition can be detected using a simple blood test. Experts have long known the build-up of amyloid in the brain is linked to the disease, but whether the plaques are a...
by Fernando Rigon | May 12, 2023 | News
Department of Psychiatry investigators focused on Alzheimer’s Research—Victor Villemagne, MD (Professor of Psychiatry); Tharick Pascoal, MD, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology); and Thomas Karikari, PhD (Assistant Professor...
