Scientists say they have found new evidence in lab-grown mouse brain cells, called astrocytes, that one root of Alzheimer’s disease may be a simple imbalance in [read more]

New study finds that the class of neurons responsible for transmitting information from the inner ear to the brain is composed of three molecularly distinct subtypes. One of [read more]

A new stem cell model has been developed to assess possible treatments for a rare nervous system disorder that is in the same disease group as Alzheimer’s disease, [read more]

Biologists have gained new understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease begins, and how it might be halted using a current medication. Original source: [read more]

Two new studies illustrate that not all forms of amyloid-beta protein — the protein thought to initiate Alzheimer’s disease — play an equally menacing role [read more]