Is Alzheimer’s Disease a Uniquely Human Disorder?
e.g., Bussiere et al., 2003). Brain regions giving rise to long axonal connections have expanded in
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e.g., Bussiere et al., 2003). Brain regions giving rise to long axonal connections have expanded in
that propagate may not always cause dysfunction (e.g., Liu et al., 2015). Rather, dysfunction may arise
Have you ever been jolted wide awake by—biostatistics? That’s what happened on the last morning of the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease conference held November 5-7 in Barcelona, Spain. At 8 a.m., as sleepy CTADeers slowly shuffled in, Suzanne Hendr
organelles that store mRNAs and related proteins (Gilks et al., 2004; Decker et al., 2007). These organelles
simulation tool (CTS) (see Jul 2013 news and Rogers et al., 2012). Klaus Romero and colleagues at CAMD
Cullen et al., 2005; Goos et al., 2009; and Feb 2014 news). Iron, possibly from the breakdown of
In the July 2 Science Translational Medicine, an international group of scientists reported how TREM2 missense mutations linked to neurodegenerative diseases impair the protein's function. The mutations prevent TREM2 from reaching the cellular surfac
atrophy (see Higuchi et al., 2012). While this seemed plausible at the time, crossing NL-F mice with
vascular disease from the diagnosis (McKhann et al., 1984), while vascular dementia was considered
reflect Alzheimer’s disease in the brain (see review by Toledo et al., 2013). Attempts to correlate other
this approach to identify molecular modules that might contribute to metabolic syndrome (Chen et al.,
See questions answered by Suzanne Hendrix As researchers push into the frontier of early-stage and preventative Alzheimer's disease clinical trials, they will have to measure whether a drug works in people who do not have dementia yet. Traditional ou
accumulate less amyloid in the brain (see ARF related news story; Arendash et al., 2004; Jankowsky et al.,
story and Breitner et al., 2011). Some researchers in the field have not given up hope that reining in
Südhof, 2008, review; Yanagi et al., 2012; Sun et al., 2011; Qi et al., 2009). Two papers in the October
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