News tagged with tangles
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
Apr 25, 2012 |
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New hope for treating Alzheimer's Disease: A role for the FKBP52 protein
New research in humans published today reveals that the so-called FKBP52 protein may prevent the Tau protein from turning pathogenic. This may prove significant for the development of new Alzheimer's drugs and for detecting ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Cancer drug improves memory in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
A compound that previously progressed to Phase II clinical trials for cancer treatment slows neurological damage and improves brain function in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Untangling the mysteries of Alzheimer's
One of the most distinctive signs of the development of Alzheimer's disease is a change in the behavior of a protein that neuroscientists call tau. In normal brains, tau is present in individual units essential to neuron ...
Neuroscience
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Alzheimer's: French scientists focus on key target
French scientists said on Tuesday that lack of a key brain protein was linked to Alzheimer's, a finding that threw up a tempting target for drugs to fight the disease.
Neuroscience
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Characterizing a toxic offender
The brains of individuals with Alzheimer's disease contain protein aggregates called plaques and tangles, which interfere with normal communication between nerve cells and cause progressive learning and memory ...
Neuroscience
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Imaging technique IDs plaques, tangles in brains of severely depressed older adults
Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the elderly, but little is known about the underlying biology of its development in older adults.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Chemical engineers help decipher mystery of neurofibrillary tangle formation in Alzheimer's brains
Neurofibrillary tangles – odd, twisted clumps of protein found within nerve cells – are a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The tangles, which were first identified in the early 1900s by German psychiatrist ...
Medical research
Nov 02, 2011 |
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The tangled web in Alzheimer's protein deposits is more complex than once thought
Scientists from the National Institutes of Health in the United States have made an important discovery that should forever change the scope and direction of Alzheimer's research. Specifically, they have discovered that the ...
Neuroscience
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Single traumatic brain injury may prompt long-term neurodegeneration
Years after a single traumatic brain injury (TBI), survivors still show changes in their brains. In a new study, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania suggest that Alzheimer's ...
Neuroscience
Jul 18, 2011 |
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Overlooked peptide reveals clues to causes of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) and their collaborators have shed light on the function of a little-studied amyloid peptide in promoting Alzheimer's disease (AD). Their surprising findings reveal that ...
Neuroscience
Jul 03, 2011 |
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Weight loss after gastric bypass surgery reduces expression of Alzheimer's genes
Obesity is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, but weight loss due to bariatric surgery may reduce the risk of this common dementia, a new study suggests. The results will be presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's ...
Medical research
Jun 06, 2011 |
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