amyloid

Published research on amyloid.

BrainJul 4, 2026

Entorhinal Dopamine Fails Early in Alzheimer’s Mice

A 2026 Nature Neuroscience study from the Igarashi lab proposes a circuit-level answer for why the lateral entorhinal cortex (LEC) is the first cortical region to falter in Alzheimer’s: dopa…

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DrugsMay 6, 2026

Plasma p-tau217 Blood Test Predicts Alzheimer’s Risk 1.5x Stronger in APOE-e4

Until recently, Alzheimer’s pathology could only be confirmed in living patients via PET imaging or lumbar puncture. Plasma p-tau217 changed that calculus — but how to interpret a positive r…

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