Researchers have identified a way to help the brain clear out proteins implicated in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease.

Researchers in Japan discovered that Parkinson’s patients diagnosed in their 80s are far more likely to show signs of amyloid buildup, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s, even without dementia symptoms. The ...

Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases are the two most common neurodegenerative disorders, affecting millions of people worldwide. Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, new research from the ...

Functioning brain cells need a functioning system for picking up the trash and sorting the recycling. But when the cellular sanitation machines responsible for those tasks, called lysosomes, break ...

In Alzheimer's disease, for instance, inflammationdisruptsthe healthy functioning of the immune cells of the central nervous system. In Parkinson's disease, inflammatory proteins can lead to ...

For decades, Alzheimer’s disease has been framed as a one‑way slide, a slow erasure of memory that medicine could at best delay. That narrative is starting to crack. A wave of lab discoveries, smarter ...

VERO BEACH — The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America has awarded a grant to the Alzheimer & Parkinson Association of Indian River County to expand its Project Lifesaver program, which provides safety ...