{"id":236068,"date":"2026-04-28T14:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/scientists-discover-a-key-difference-in-brains-that-resist-alzheimers"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:04:02","slug":"scientists-discover-a-key-difference-in-brains-that-resist-alzheimers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/scientists-discover-a-key-difference-in-brains-that-resist-alzheimers","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Discover a Key Difference in Brains That Resist Alzheimer\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-discover-a-key-difference-in-brains-that-resist-alzheimers.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The brain changes associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/go\/IaO\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\">Alzheimer\u2019s<\/a> usually lead to a severe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/memory-loss-in-alzheimers-linked-to-problems-with-the-brains-replay-mode\">loss of memory<\/a> and cognitive abilities, but not <em>always<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a new study led by a team at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) helps explain why.<\/p>\n<p>Based on <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/NEN.0000000000000052\">postmortem brain research<\/a>, around 20 to 30 percent of older adults are thought to have asymptomatic Alzheimer\u2019s disease (ASYMAD). Their brains have the characteristic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/we-may-finally-understand-how-the-tangled-proteins-in-dementia-cause-cells-to-die\">buildup of misfolded amyloid-beta and tau proteins<\/a>, but they show no detrimental mental effects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The brain changes associated with Alzheimer\u2019s usually lead to a severe loss of memory and cognitive abilities, but not always. Now, a new study led by a team at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) helps explain why. Based on postmortem brain research, around 20 to 30 percent of older adults are thought to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}