With amyloid immunotherapy in clinical use, scientists need to find better ways to identify the patients most at risk of developing ARIA (see part 16 of this series). One of the biggest danger signs, ...

A 74-year-old man with an unremarkable medical history noted a progressive gait disorder in the months prior to admission. His wife recalled increased sleepiness and loss of initiative. After having ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cerebral amyloid angiopathy was associated with a higher risk for isolated nontraumatic subdural hemorrhage in ...

Researchers at Niigata University have used advanced three-dimensional (3D) imaging to reveal how amyloid β (Aβ) deposits spread along blood vessels in the human brain in cerebral amyloid angiopathy ...

As people age, a normal brain protein known as amyloid beta often starts to collect into harmful amyloid plaques in the brain. Such plaques can be the first step on the path to Alzheimer's dementia.

Dr. Giovanna S. Manzano (Neurology): A 64-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital with cognitive impairment, headache, and memory loss. The patient had been well until 6 weeks before admission, ...

A PAPER PUBLISHED in this month’s Annals of Neurology, by Gargi Banerjee and David Werring of University College, London, adds to evidence that prion diseases are more widespread and varied than had ...

Meta-analysis did not show a statistically significant difference in the levels of tau in the cerebrospinal fluid of people with cerebral amyloid angiopathy and people with Alzheimer's disease (effect ...

Autopsy shows widespread amyloid and tau in patient who received contaminated biological m ...

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