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Inflammatory cues trigger microglial cells to release the protein ASC. It emerges that specks of ASC promote a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease in the brains of mice -- aggregation and deposition of amyloid-[beta] protein. Inflammatory cues trigger microglial cells to release the protein ASC. It emerges that specks of ASC promote a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease in the brains of mice -- aggregation and deposition of amyloid-[beta] protein., Author(s): Richard M. Ransohoff Author Affiliations: Specks of insight into Alzheimer's disease From one perspective, Alzheimer's disease can be considered to be relatively simple: it requires the formation of aggregated [...]

Author(s): Liviu Aron [1]; Bruce A. Yankner (corresponding author) [1] An intriguing feature of the brain is its generation of electrical oscillations through the synchronized activity of networks of neurons. [...]

A test that exploits the abnormal stickiness of misfolded proteins could one day be used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, reports a team led by Claudio Soto at the University of [...]