These tangles are considered a hallmark of the disease, along with amyloid plaques. The team noticed that one region of the tau protein seemed to play a critical role in damaging neurons and causing ...

Compared with biomarkers of amyloid plaques, MTBR-tau243 "was much more related to memory loss, symptom onset, dementia stage, all the things that patients care about," Bateman says. At first ...

New tests of blood and spinal fluid can identify people experiencing memory loss from Alzheimer's disease. Latest Alzheimer's lab tests focus on memory loss, not brain plaques When doctors suspect ...