Why are researchers still fumbling in the quest to cure what is arguably one of the most important diseases confronting ...

To mark the 20th anniversary of Alzforum's launch in 1996, we have compiled a timeline reflecting the evolution of Alzheimer’s disease research, starting from Alois Alzheimer's public presentation of ...

In 1901, Karl Deter, a railway worker, admitted his fifty-one-year old wife, Auguste, to a psychiatric institution with symptoms of memory loss, confusion, violent outbursts, and inability to use ...

The first recorded example of Alzheimer’s disease involved Auguste Deter, a woman who died in Frankfurt, Germany, in April 1906, after experiencing memory loss and great anguish. In physician ...