A new study finds that peripheral glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and neurofilament light chain (NfL), two proteins in the brain, could be biomarkers that clinicians can use to spot dementia ...

Far from a static barrier, the brain’s extensive interface with the blood is increasingly being appreciated as an active border, one that serves not only to keep some proteins out, but to let others ...

Analyzing molecular changes in two types of peripheral nerves that are affected in diabetic peripheral neuropathy – the sural, which carry sensory signals, and the tibial, which carry both sensory and ...

In the “omics” era, where bigger is better, the Global Neurodegeneration Proteomics Consortium is making a splash. To date, this two-year-old initiative led by Gates Ventures and Johnson & Johnson has ...

A new study highlights how both neuronal and peripheral tissues become disrupted in Alzheimer’s disease. A team of researchers from Baylor College of Medicine (TX, USA), the Jan and Dan Duncan ...