Mutations in NPC1 cause Niemann-Pick Type C. Mice lacking NPC1 only in microglia have rampant neuroinflammation and impaired ...
Some drugs can activate AMPK, most prominently metformin, which is approved for diabetes and being trialed in dementia. Less well-known is aldometanib, developed by Lin’s team, which blocks aldolase, ...
A growing body of work implicates infections as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. In the December 19 Alzheimer’s & Dementia, scientists led by Benjamin Readhead at Arizona State University, Tempe ...
Synaptic transmission is an energy hog. It requires neurons to tap ATP reserves to respond to incoming signals. How do they pull this off, thousands to millions of times per day? A new study ...
The first round of a debate is most useful for isolating the crux. I therefore kindly ask for one more public round. This would be most beneficial, not just for me, but also for the many Alzforum ...