In a new study performed in humans, researchers from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet have determined the age of atherosclerotic plaques by taking advantage of Carbon-14 (14C) residues in the atmosphere ...

How exactly do amyloid plaques affect surrounding brain tissue, and does this change over time? Scientists led by Jörg Hanrieder at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, tackled this question by using ...

Researchers have developed a method for quantitatively assessing atherosclerotic plaque buildup in mice. They transplanted X-ray-irradiated low-density-lipoprotein-knockout mice with bone marrow cells ...

Cholesterol manufactured in the brain appears to play a key role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, new research indicates. Scientists from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and ...

Researchers have found that type IgG antibodies play an unexpected role in atherosclerosis. A study on mice shows that the antibodies stabilize the plaque that accumulates on the artery walls, which ...

Imaging the brains of living mice through ultra-thin bone windows, scientists have demonstrated in vivo that amyloid plaques form and reach their full size over a period of weeks. This study, from Jin ...

Scientists have long known that in Alzheimer's disease (AD), there is an abnormal buildup of some proteins in and around cells in the brain, which forms plaques. Tau is one of those proteins, and beta ...

Contrary to popular belief, arterial plaque buildup is often reversible without surgery, according to Dr. Vassily Eliopoulos.