Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, along with stroke, are among the top three neurodegenerative disorders, characterized by the malfunction and progressive degeneration of neurons.

Understanding the connection between behavior and brain cell activity is a major goal of neuroscience. To make progress, neuroscientists often choose simple, transparent lab animals because it's ...

Tau rises in the cerebrospinal fluid as Alzheimer’s sets in, but where does this tau come from, and what does it tell us about the disease? To answer these questions, researchers led by Randall ...