Helen & Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute

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Microglial microRNAs mediate sex-specific responses to tau pathology

A new discovery published in Nature Neuroscience showed that male and female microglia expressed different sets of microRNAs at baseline and in response to tau pathology. Led by graduate student Lay...

Seventh Annual Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute Symposium to be held on October 04, 2019

The Seventh Annual Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute Symposium is scheduled on Friday, October 4th, 2019 from 8:30AM - 12:00 PM at the Belfer Research Building, Starr-Greenberg Conference...

New article in Neuron shows how dementia-linked mutant tau disrupts neuronal activity homeostasis

A novel mechanism that regulates activity in the brain, discovered by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators, may help explain the origins of one common type of dementia. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)...