Jean Paul G. Vonsattel

TL;DR: A new term is recommended, “primary age-related tauopathy” (PART), to describe a pathology that is commonly observed in the brains of aged individuals, yet this pathological process cannot be specifically identified pre-mortem at the present time.

TL;DR: The CypD-mediated mitochondrial permeability transition pore is directly linked to the cellular and synaptic perturbations observed in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease.

TL;DR: Three new genome-wide significant nonsynonymous variants associated with Alzheimer's disease are observed, providing additional evidence that the microglia-mediated innate immune response contributes directly to the development of Alzheimer's Disease.

TL;DR: Preliminary neuropathological criteria were used by 7 neuropathologists to blindly evaluate 25 cases of various tauopathies, including CTE, Alzheimer’s disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, argyrophilic grain disease, corticobasal degeneration, primary age-related tauopathy, and parkinsonism dementia complex of Guam to pave the way towards future clinical and mechanistic studies.

TL;DR: Two independent variants in MAPT affecting risk for PSP are confirmed, one of which influences MAPT brain expression and the genes implicated encode proteins for vesicle-membrane fusion at the Golgi-endosomal interface and for a myelin structural component.