Alzheimer's Disease

New Clues About How Healthy Circuits Form in Developing Brains

Scientists have a new understanding of how cells called interneurons embed themselves in neural networks as the brain develops. Interneurons... Read More

Newly Found Gene Variation Increases Risk for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases

Researchers have identified a genetic variation that increases a person’s risk for both Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s . The finding implicates... Read More

New Brain Discovery May be Important for Alzheimer’s Disease

In a new basic science discovery about the brain, 1998 NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee Larry R. Squire, Ph.D. , and... Read More

NARSAD Grant-Funded Research Finds Links Between Depression and Dementia

NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee, Deborah E. Barnes, Ph.D., MPH, Associate Professor, University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), is the lead author of a new study in the Archives of General Psychiatry that found that depressive symptoms that occur in both midlife and latelife are associated with an increased risk of developing vascular dementia, while symptoms that occur in late life only are more likely to be early signs of Alzheimer's disease .{C} Read More

A Nobel Laureate on ‘Successful Aging’ - Dr. Eric Kandel’s Epic Search for the Biological Basis of Memory