Dr. Guy McKhann, a Johns Hopkins brain scientist who created criteria for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease, died April 12 at his Ruxton home. He was 91.
Working with rats, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins University have pinpointed a mechanism in the brain responsible for a common type of age-related memory loss.
Researchers have identified a mechanism that occurs within the CA3 region of the hippocampus that appears to be responsible for a common type of age-related memory loss.