Alzheimer's-Heparin Link; Two Phases of Alzheimer's Damage; Prion Disease Testing

— News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Heparin treatment was associated with a electronic health records in two U.S. health systems showed. (Molecular Psychiatry)

Analyses of cell types after death suggested that in two distinct phases. (Nature Neuroscience)

Smartphone data collected during a brief task in people with subjective cognitive decline who had a higher risk of developing dementia. (PLOS Digital Health)

Older adults diagnosed with dementia were to another county or state compared with those diagnosed with myocardial infarction, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or colon cancer. (JAMA Network Open)

Denali Therapeutics said its partner Sanofi of investigational oditrasertib after the drug failed to meet primary and secondary endpoints. (Reuters)

The FDA granted clearance to proceed with in people with early Alzheimer's disease, Annovis said.

Multisite skin biopsies were superior to cerebrospinal fluid samples to diagnose . (JAMA Neurology)

The timing of altered brain functional organization at both global and local levels, functional MRI showed. (Communications Biology)

A new explored the mechanisms that link cardiac disease and cognitive impairment. (Stroke)

  • Judy George covers neurology and neuroscience news for , writing about brain aging, Alzheimer’s, dementia, MS, rare diseases, epilepsy, autism, headache, stroke, Parkinson’s, ALS, concussion, CTE, sleep, pain, and more.