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Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Scientists reverse Alzheimer's-like memory loss in animal models by blocking EGFR signaling

A team of neuroscientists and chemists from the U.S. and China today publish research suggesting that a class of currently used anti-cancer drugs as well as several previously untested synthetic compounds show effectiveness ...

Sep 24, 2012
popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast
Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Sleep problems may be early sign of Alzheimer's

Sleep disruptions may be among the earliest indicators of Alzheimer's disease, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report Sept. 5 in Science Translational Medicine.

Sep 05, 2012
popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast
Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Epilepsy drug levetiracetam reverses memory loss in animal model of Alzheimer's disease

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered that an FDA-approved anti-epileptic drug reverses memory loss and alleviates other Alzheimer's-related impairments in an animal model of the disease.

Aug 06, 2012
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Researchers reveal potential cause of HIV-associated dementia

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center appear to have solved the mystery of why some patients infected with HIV, who are using antiretroviral therapy and show no signs of AIDS, develop serious depression as well ...

Jul 10, 2012
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Small molecule may play big role in Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease is one of the most dreaded and debilitating illnesses one can develop. Currently, the disease afflicts 6.5 million Americans and the Alzheimer's Association projects it to increase to between ...

Jul 09, 2012
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Alzheimer's risk gene disrupts brain function in healthy older women, but not men

A team led by investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine has found that the most common genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease disrupts brain function in healthy older women but has little impact on ...

Jun 12, 2012
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Alzheimer's protein structure offers new treatment directions

The molecular structure of a protein involved in Alzheimer's disease – and the surprising discovery that it binds cholesterol – could lead to new therapeutics for the disease, Vanderbilt University ...

May 31, 2012
popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast
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ApoE4 Alzheimer's gene causes brain's blood vessels to leak, die

Common variants of the ApoE gene are strongly associated with the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease, but the gene's role in the disease has been unclear. Now, researchers funded by the National ...

May 16, 2012
popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast
Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Alzheimer's precursor protein controls its own fate, study finds

A research team led by the University of South Florida Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences has found that a fragment of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) -- known as sAPP-α and associated ...

Apr 10, 2012
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New Alzheimer's marker strongly predicts mental decline

A new marker of Alzheimer's disease can predict how rapidly a patient's memory and other mental abilities will decline after the disorder is diagnosed, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ...

Mar 05, 2012
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New target for Alzheimer's drugs

(Medical Xpress) -- Biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside have identified a new link between a protein called beta-arrestin and short-term memory that could open new doors for the ...

Feb 09, 2012
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Same genes linked to early- and late-onset Alzheimer's disease

The same gene mutations linked to inherited, early-onset Alzheimer's disease have been found in people with the more common late-onset form of the illness.

Feb 01, 2012
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Marker for Alzheimer's disease rises during day and falls with sleep

A marker for Alzheimer's disease rises and falls in the spinal fluid in a daily pattern that echoes the sleep cycle, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found.

Sep 26, 2011
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Rare genomic mutations found in 10 families with early-onset, familial Alzheimer's disease

Although a family history of Alzheimer's disease is a primary risk factor for the devastating neurological disorder, mutations in only three genes – the amyloid precursor protein and presenilins 1 and 2 – have been established ...

Jun 17, 2013
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Blocking overactive receptor in Alzheimer's recovers memory loss and more

A new study shows that memory pathology in older mice with Alzheimer's disease can be reversed with treatment. The study by researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, at McGill University ...

Jun 17, 2013
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