Brain Plaques May Explain Higher Risk of Alzheimer's Based on Mom's History New imaging tool could eventually lead to earlier detection among pre-symptomatic individuals

A family history of Alzheimer's is one of the biggest risk factors for developing the memory-robbing disease, which affects more than 5 million Americans and is the most common form of senile dementia. Now an international collaboration led by NYU Langone Medical Center researchers has found the likely basis for this heightened familial risk--especially from the maternal side.

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