By the time most people receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease — based on clinical signs of mental decline — their brains have already suffered a decade or more of damage. But although the mechanisms that spur the destruction of neurons in Alzheimer’s disease are not yet fully understood, two well-documented signs of the condition are accumulation […]

Signs of cognitive decline related to aging populations, and even the severe cognitive losses seen in Alzheimer’s disease and neuro-degenerative disorders, may emerge many years earlier, according to a report presented today at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. The study suggests that early signs of cognitive decline are already present […]