CONFERENCE COVERAGE SERIES
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2017
Washington, D.C.
11 – 15 November 2017
This year’s annual meeting drew more than 23,000 scientists and featured 1,000 presentations on Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers soaked up new data on topics from the basic biology of tau and Aβ to the physiology of sleep and the microbiome. Alzforum covers the highlights.
Tau Snapshots from Neuroscience 2017
Novel ways to control tau captured the imaginations of scientists at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting.
Disturbed Sleep Exerts Toll on Memory and Neurodegeneration
Why, hello tau! Convergence of PET and EEG research affirms that sleeping well is crucial to memory consolidation and curbing Alzheimer’s-related proteins.
Gut Microbiome May Modify Neurodegeneration
At SfN 2017, scientists advanced the idea that bacteria teeming in a person’s digestive tract could influence both pathology and symptoms of diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
Is There No End to Tau’s Toxic Tricks?
At SfN 2017, some of the lesser-known tau toxicities came in for deep scrutiny.