Charlton Heston announced again today that he is suffering from Alzheimer's.
I became demented overnight. Sudden onset is one factor that distinguishes my form of dementia from the more common form associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease starts when a protein that should be folded up properly misfolds into a kind of demented origami.
Some genetic variants can be informative about one's risk for Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
Inflammation is the cornerstone of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis - all of the neurodegenerative diseases are really predicated on inflammation.
I started out as a neurologist. I then trained in neuropathology and was focused on neurodegeneration. So, for years, I studied Alzheimer's, aging, Parkinson's, that kind of thing.
