The brain of a US woman with Down syndrome showed the classic signs of Alzheimer’s disease upon her death, yet she remained ...

MRI findings uncover an unexpected mismatch between Alzheimer’s pathology and cognitive function in a unique case study.

While it isn't hard for specialists to find older cognitively healthy individuals with Alzheimer's pathology, it's less ...

A woman with Down syndrome who had all the “brain changes” of Alzheimer’s disease didn’t exhibit any of the cognitive ...

People with Down syndrome (DS) face a staggering 90% lifetime risk of developing dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease (AD) as they age. However, a new study from the University of Pittsburgh’s ...

Despite her brain’s pathology indicating Alzheimer’s, we think that her cognitive stability could have been attributed to her ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering uncovered a surprising case of Alzheimer’s disease in a woman with Down syndrome who remained cognitively stable despite ...

Other things can help, like: Things such as age, genetics, or Down syndrome can raise your risk for certain types of dementia like Alzheimer's. Other things that contribute to dementia include ...

The genetic cause for the most common type of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome has been identified in mice by researchers at UCL, the Francis Crick Institute and MRC Harwell Institute.

ABNORMALITIES of somatic-cell chromosomes have been associated with some cases of leukemia, with Down's syndrome (mongolism) and with certain other congenital defects (reviewed by Ford 1).

Another common cause of mental health problems in animals is daily stress. Animals held in captivity at zoos, farms or research labs may experience stress from sources such as traffic noises, ...