More than a century ago, Alois Alzheimer noted unusual changes in brain fats, which he described as "lipoid granules," along ...

In 1907, Aloysius "Alois" Alzheimer presented a rare case of dementia in a 51-year-old woman. This "presenile dementia" (younger than 60) was thought distinct enough from "senile dementia" (older than ...

Miranda Orr, an assistant professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, believes older, malfunctioning cells called senescent cells play a significant role in Alzheimer’s disease. That’s why ...

More than a century ago, Alois Alzheimer noted unusual changes in brain fats, which he described as "lipoid granules ...

When German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer made the post-mortem discovery of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the early 1900s, he birthed the discovery of a cruel and insidious disorder.

MADISON (WKOW) -- The Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) and African Americans Fighting Alzheimer's in Midlife (AA-FAIM) held their 14th annual Solomon Carter Fuller Brain Health ...