News tagged with degenerative processes
Schizophrenia: A disorder of neurodevelopment and accelerated aging?
Many lines of evidence indicate that schizophrenia is a disorder of neurodevelopment. For example, genes implicated in the heritable risk for schizophrenia are also implicated in the development of nerve cells and their connections. ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 06, 2013 |
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Discovery spurred by unique twist of fate
(Medical Xpress)—As people age, or as a result of poor nutrition, heart valves can become damaged by the accumulation of calcium deposits within the tissue. This calcification causes a thickening and hardening ...
Cardiology
Feb 21, 2013 |
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MRI and neuropsychological tests best predict Alzheimer's disease in old patients
Investigators from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, have shown that in most elderly patients invasive and expensive techniques, i.e. lumbar puncture and PET scan, are not useful to establish the diagnosis of Alzheimer's ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Stopping low back pain: Researchers discover molecular mechanism responsible for vertebral column degeneration
Italian researchers at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome found an important molecular mechanism responsible for low back pain and other acute vertebral problems like cervical axial pain, all due to aging and ...
Medical research
Mar 13, 2012 |
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