This study concentrated on the protein p38. Many labs have been studying this protein as a potential target for medication development to treat Alzheimer's disease and other neuroinflammatory disorders.
Sleep problems can be an early indicator of Alzheimer's disease. Many patients who are later diagnosed with Alzheimer's begin having trouble sleeping and staying asleep years before cognitive symptoms such as memory loss and confusion emerge. It's a vicious cycle: Alzheimer's disease causes
Although researchers have made progress in detecting signs of Alzheimer's disease using high-quality brain imaging tests collected as part of research studies, a team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently developed an accurate method for detection that relies on routinely collecte