As Charles Music opened his eyes, his wife saw a flicker of recognition through the fog of Alzheimer’s disease. “Jane?” she recalled him saying as he reached for her hand. It was a rare moment of connection for the couple at a Texas nursing home in November before Jane flew ... continue reading
Scientists discovered characteristic amyloid plaques in retinas from Alzheimer’s disease patients and used a noninvasive optical imaging technique to detect retinal plaques in live laboratory mice, suggesting the possibility of early noninvasive diagnosisThe nerve cell-damaging plaque that builds up in the brain with Alzheimer’s disease also builds up in the ... continue reading
THURSDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — Researchers say a kind of protein that clogs the brain in Alzheimer’s disease also accumulates in the eyes of Down syndrome patients and causes cataracts.
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A Protein Links Alzheimer’s, Down Syndrome