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In a rare and early form of Alzheimer's disease, Institut du Cerveau - ICM researchers have shown that, surprisingly, connectivity between neurons increases during the initial phase of the disease. This transitional increase would correspond to a...
For the first time in humans, an imaging study shows an early and protective role of the immune cells of the brain, called " microglial " cells, in Alzheimer's disease. Teams from the Sainte-Anne Hospital Center, from the CEA, from the Saint-Antoine...
Patients with fronto-temporal dementia need specific and appropriate medical care. However, this disease is still too often confused with Alzheimer's disease. Clinicians and researchers from Paris Brain Institute and from the Memory and Alzheimer's...
Several recent studies confirm that the presence of senile plaques or the beta-amyloid protein permit the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease or predictions as to who will develop the disease.
In a recent study of a large sample of Icelanders, researchers identified a correlation between the presence of a mutation on the gene ABCA7 and Alzheimer disease.
Alzheimer disease is a major source of preoccupation. A real issue for public health at a global scale, its socio-economic consequences are important. Synonym for cognitive deterioration, it is difficult to live with for the patient but also his...
