/newsroom/taxonomy/term/8536/all en /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-identify-correlation-between-mild-behavioural-impairment-and-alzheimers-321513 <p>New research from Â鶹AV has found that the presence and severity of mild behavioural impairment (MBI) in cognitively healthy individuals is strongly associated with the presence of amyloid plaques deposits in the brain, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.</p> Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:21:43 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 207272 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/alzheimers-disease-neuronal-loss-very-limited-283921 <p>Frequently encountered in the elderly, Alzheimer’s is considered a neurodegenerative disease, which means that it is accompanied by a significant, progressive loss of neurons and their nerve endings, or synapses. A joint French and Canadian study published in Scientific Reports now challenges this view.</p> Tue, 16 Jan 2018 21:09:32 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 32837 at /newsroom /newsroom/sylvain-williams Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23152 at /newsroom