Why You Can’t Always Believe What People Say or Animals Do

Why You Can’t Always Believe What People Say or Animals Do

With cognitive compensation, performance is still good but how the brain solves problems is different. Detecting this invisible process is key to fighting Alzheimer's disease.

Fathers With Alzheimer's Might Pass Down The Disease, Study Says

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How the Alzheimer's Research Scandal Set Back Treatment 16 Years

What is the Alzheimer's research scandal? Learn what neuroscientist Matthew Schrag has to say about possible fraudulent Alzheimer's research from a 2006 study.

This Woman Baffled Scientists After Her Brain Showed Signs Of Alzheimer's—But She Experienced No Symptoms

A new report explains how a woman with signs of Alzheimer's disease in her brain had no symptoms. Here's what her story can tell us about the disease.

Having a father with Alzheimer's disease may be tied to a greater spread of tau protein in the brain

While some studies have suggested that having a mother with Alzheimer's disease may put you more at risk of developing the disease, a new study finds that having a father with the disease may be tied to a greater spread of the tau protein in the brain, which is a sign of the disease, according to a study published online in Neurology.

Researchers have found that people whose fathers had Alzheimer's show a wider spread of a key marker for the disease, with women at particularly high risk.