What the trained eye cannot see: Detecting movement defects in early stage Parkinson’s disease

A technique that uses videos and machine learning to quantify motor symptoms in early-stage Parkinson’s disease could help reveal signs of the disease and other movement disorders earlier, which could

Genetic variants linked to Alzheimer’s trigger brain inflammation in females, preclinical study finds

Inflammatory microglia from a female brain in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. The mice also carry the APOE4 and TREM2 genetic risk factors. Yellow dots indicate that these microglia exhibit a senescent phenotype. Credit:

Drugs for enlarged prostate may also protect against dementia with Lewy bodies

A new study suggests that certain drugs commonly used to treat enlarged prostate may also decrease the risk for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). This observational finding may seem surprising,