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DATE: August 23, 2026 at 11:15AM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY PSYCHOLOGY FEEDTITLE: A major Alzheimer’s risk gene may shrink brain cells years before symptoms
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260821012234.htm
Researchers have uncovered a possible reason why the Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 can disrupt the brain long before memory problems begin. In mice, APOE4 increased a protein called Nell2, shrinking neurons and making memory circuits unusually active. That early hyperactivity predicted worse memory later in life. Reducing Nell2 in adult mice reversed the abnormal changes, raising hopes for a new way to intervene before Alzheimer’s progresses.
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260821012234.htm
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DATE: August 23, 2026 at 11:15AM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY MIND-BRAIN FEEDTITLE: A major Alzheimer’s risk gene may shrink brain cells years before symptoms
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260821012234.htm
Researchers have uncovered a possible reason why the Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 can disrupt the brain long before memory problems begin. In mice, APOE4 increased a protein called Nell2, shrinking neurons and making memory circuits unusually active. That early hyperactivity predicted worse memory later in life. Reducing Nell2 in adult mice reversed the abnormal changes, raising hopes for a new way to intervene before Alzheimer’s progresses.
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260821012234.htm
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