This discovery could help better understand the mechanics of the debilitating neurodegenerative disease. Why Alzheimer's disease strikes some people but not others is still largely mysterious.

They typically have a fluffy appearance, hence, the term “cotton wool disease.” In addition to skin patches, other symptoms ...

In addition to the presence of 'cotton wool' plaques and the scarcity of congophilic ... for this deletion in families in which early onset disease occurs but in which missense mutations have ...