News tagged with neuropathology

Leading researchers report on the elusive search for biomarkers in Huntington's disease

While Huntington's disease (HD) is currently incurable, the HD research community anticipates that new disease-modifying therapies in development may slow or minimize disease progression. The success of HD research depends ...

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Further potential insight into the complex neuropathology of Down's syndrome

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Bristol have revealed new insight into the function of a key protein attributed to impaired learning and memory in Down's syndrome. The findings, published ...

Medical research created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Alzheimer's disease in mice alleviated promising therapeutic approach for humans

Pathological changes typical of Alzheimer's disease were significantly reduced in mice by blockade of an immune system transmitter. A research team from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the University ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Nov 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Boys with regressive autism, but not early onset autism, have larger brains

In the largest study of brain development in preschoolers with autism to date, a study by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers has found that 3-year-old boys with regressive autism, but not early onset autism, have larger ...

Neuroscience created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Novel herbal compound offers potential to prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease

Administration of the active compound tetrahydroxystilbene glucoside (TSG) derived from the Chinese herbal medicine Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, reversed both overexpression of α-synuclein, a small protein found in the brain, ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Protecting your brain: 'Use it or lose it'

The findings of a new study suggest that the protective effects of an active cognitive lifestyle arise through multiple biological pathways.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New findings on the brain's immune cells during Alzheimer's disease progression

The plaque deposits in the brain of Alzheimer's patients are surrounded by the brain's own immune cells, the microglia. This was already recognized by Alois Alzheimer more than one hundred years ago. But ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists identify molecular system that could help develop potential treatments for neurodegenerative diseases

Scientists from the University of Southampton have identified the molecular system that contributes to the harmful inflammatory reaction in the brain during neurodegenerative diseases.

Neuroscience created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Age-related dementia may begin with neurons' inability to dispose of unwanted proteins

A team of European scientists from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and the Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) at the University of Cologne in ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Childhood socioeconomic status affects brain volume

(HealthDay) -- Childhood socioeconomic status affects hippocampal volume in older adults, after adjusting for adult socioeconomic status, gender, education, and other factors, according to a study published ...

Neuroscience created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows increased Alzheimer's biomarkers in patients after anesthesia and surgery

(Medical Xpress) -- The possibility that anesthesia and surgery produces lasting cognitive losses has gained attention over past decades, but direct evidence has remained ambiguous and controversial. Now, researchers at the ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biosynthetic grape-derived compound prevents progression of Alzheimer's disease in mice

Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have succeeded in developing a biosynthetic polyphenol that improves cognitive function in mice with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The findings, published in a recent issue of the Journal of ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pregnant women who exercise protect their offspring against long-term neurodegenerative diseases

If you are pregnant, here's another reason to work out: you will reduce the chances of your new baby developing neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's, later in life. A new research report published online in The ...

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Alcoholism and HIV infection have different effects on visuomotor procedural memory processes

The different effects on memory processes by chronic alcoholism and HIV infection likely reflect the specific neuropathology associated with each condition: frontocerebellar dysfunction in alcoholism and frontostriatal dysfunction ...

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Scientists make brain tumours glow

Stereotactic needle biopsies are an established standard procedure in the diagnostic identification of brain lymphomas and certain brain tumours (gliomas). Up until now the tissue samples removed had to be ...

Cancer created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Neuropathology

Neuropathology is the study of disease of nervous system tissue, usually in the form of either small surgical biopsies or whole autopsy brains. Neuropathology is a subspecialty of anatomic pathology, neurology, and neurosurgery. It should not be confused with neuropathy, which refers to disorders of the nerves (usually in the peripheral nervous system).

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