A new biomarker test can detect early-stage tau protein clumping up to a decade before it appears on brain scans, improving ...

Scientists have identified a biomarker for Alzheimer's that may help doctors spot the early signs of protein buildup in the ...

Detecting toxic forms of tau before they weave into dense thickets of tangles could pave the way for earlier diagnosis and ...

A Potential Solution for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Open Access Library Journal, 12, 1-16. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1112714 . Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), a complex neurodegenerative condition, significantly ...

A new biomarker test identifies very early stages of tau tangle formation, up to a decade before any tau clumps can show up ...

Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker test developed at the University of Pittsburgh ...

However, the clumping of tau protein into well-ordered structures referred to by pathologists as "neurofibrillary tangles" is a more defining event for Alzheimer's disease as it is more strongly ...

The brain regions in which these neurofibrillary tangles are found vary depending on the type of neurodegenerative disease. This class of neurodegenerative disorders, known as tauopathies ...