Why women get Alzheimer’s more often than men
Analysis & Insights
Two-thirds of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease today are women. Stanford Medicine neurologists explain what is known – and still unknown – about the factors behind that gap.
Gut bacteria changes linked to memory decline in aging mice
Research
New research shows that restoring gut-brain communication can reverse memory problems in aging mice, pointing to new treatments for cognitive decline.
New atlas could help researchers studying neurological disease
Research
A database of lysosomal proteins is already guiding researchers in studying how brain cells’ waste and recycling systems work – or don’t – in Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases.
‘You can literally lose who you are’
Profile
Scientists in the lab of chemical engineer Monther Abu-Remaileh are uncovering the cellular functions that go awry in degenerative brain disorders and identifying therapies that could treat them.