Neuritic plaques are classic, obvious markers of Alzheimer’s disease, but it is a puzzle why their density is a poor predictor of disease symptoms. Recently, scientists have come to suspect that ...

Researchers reveal the structure of a hetero-oligomer nano-aggregate - a substance that causes Parkinson's and dementia - through quadruple force mapping. Alzheimer's disease -- also called dementia - ...

It is a characteristic of cell membrane receptors, which is shared by GPCRs along with G-protein associates. The process of receptor oligomerization is assisted by the cell thermodynamics as well as ...

Oligomers of amyloid-β (Aβ) have created quite a stir since they were discovered to be perhaps the most toxic forms of the peptide. But oligomers are notoriously difficult to study. In fact, without ...

As opposed to a monomer, which has only one unit, or a polymer, which has many units, an oligomeric protein is made up of a few repeating units. Oligo – is derived from the Ancient Greek word meaning ...