Alzheimer’s disease
The role of sleep in people with Down’s syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers are using powerful brain scanning techniques to investigate how sleep affects brain changes in people with Down’s syndrome (DS).
Unravelling how inflammation may worsen the diseases that cause dementia
Researchers from the University of Cambridge will look at how enzymes and immune cells in the brain interact with the tau protein to cause disease
Studying astrocytes to understand links between cholesterol and Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers at the University of Oxford are using human brain cells to see if cholesterol produced by these cells affects amyloid build up in Alzheimer’s disease
Exploring biological pathways that could protect the brain in Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers at University College London are using stem cells to create a new experimental model to understand how our brain changes in Alzheimer’s disease
Developing a technique to unpick the complexities of Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers at University College London are using stem cells to create a new experimental model to understand how our brain changes in Alzheimer’s disease
Toxic repeats in frontotemporal dementia
How do toxic repeat proteins affect nerve cells in frontotemporal dementia
Using Killifish to study Alzheimer’s disease in the lab
Researchers at the University of Bath are investigating if Killifish could be used as a model for Alzheimer’s disease
Investigating the role of an ‘Antenna protein’ as a potential risk factor in Alzheimer’s Disease
In this project, Prof Salinas from UCL is looking at a protein that acts as an antenna on the brain nerve cell surface allowing cells to receive signals.
How faulty waste disposal proteins could lead to tau tangles in Alzheimer’s and FTD
Researchers at University College London are investigating how a specific protein in the cell’s waste disposal system affects tau aggregation in human nerve cells.
Detecting proteins in the blood to diagnose and manage dementia
Researchers at UCL are making a new sensor which can detect a marker of brain diseases in the blood,
