In 2020, Ashley Harms, Ph.D., and University of Alabama at Birmingham colleagues published an Acta Neuropathologica study that used a mouse model to show that the alpha-synuclein pathology from ...

Distinct retinal vessel atrophy patterns may be associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), but further research is needed to assess retinal vessel changes and their underlying role in MS. Changes in the ...

Compared to the vast majority of the population carrying the more common E3 and E4 isoforms of ApoE, the few who have an ApoE2 allele enjoy reduced risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Now, a new ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Multiple system atrophy is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disease, where insoluble inclusions of the protein alpha-synuclein appear in oligodendrocyte cells of the brain. The ...