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Many of you know that Memory Walk is the Alzheimer's Association's signature event to raise awareness about Alzheimer's disease and raise funds for Alzheimer's research and services. Memory Walks are held...

Walter J. Lukiw, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Ophthalmology at LSU health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the lead author of a paper identifying, for the first time, a specific function of a fragment of ribonucleic acid (RNA), once thought to be no more than a byproduct, in regulating inflammation and the development of Alzheimer's disease.

The only known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease slows down the brain's ability to export a toxic protein known as amyloid-beta that is central to the damage the disease causes, scientists have found. The research, published Nov. 13 by the Journal of Clinical Investigation, provides new clues into the workings of a protein known as apolipoprotein E4, or ApoE4.

Depression and Alzheimer's disease share a complex relationship. Depression can include symptoms that look like Alzheimer's; depression and Alzheimer's disease can also occur simultaneously. Researchers are now looking at a third way that depression and Alzheimer's may be related: They want to know whether depression is a risk factor for the disease.

Did Dr Alzheimer discover Alzheimer's Disease, or was it pure chance that his name has become associated with the disease?

What's the difference between dementia and pseudodementia?

Stem cell research has a number of high profile supporters. Christopher Reeve, Michael J Fox and Nancy Reagan are just a few.

Neuropsychological testing is sometimes used in the evaluation of Alzheimer's disease to learn more about the nature and level of a person's impairment. Learn about neuropsychological tests commonly used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, such as the ADAS-Cog, Blessed Test, CANTAB, Clock Drawing Test, Cognistat, and NPI.

November is National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, which is a great opportunity to learn more about the disease and advocate for more Alzheimer's research and services. But it's also a...