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Alzheimer's markers predict start of mental decline

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have helped identify many of the biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease that could potentially predict which patients will develop the disorder ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created May 14, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic markers ID second Alzheimer's pathway

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a new set of genetic markers for Alzheimer's that point to a second pathway through which the disease develops.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Worming our way to new treatments for Alzheimer's disease

According to a 2012 World Health Organization report, over 35 million people worldwide currently have dementia, a number that is expected to double by 2030 (66 million) and triple by 2050 (115 million). Alzheimer's disease, ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find way to image brain waste removal process, may lead to Alzheimer's diagnostic

(Medical Xpress)—A novel way to image the entire brain's glymphatic pathway, a dynamic process that clears waste and solutes from the brain that otherwise might build-up and contribute to the development ...

Neuroscience created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neuronal activity induces tau release from healthy neurons

Researchers from King's College London have discovered that neuronal activity can stimulate tau release from healthy neurons in the absence of cell death. The results published by Diane Hanger and her colleagues in EMBO re ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 15, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study first to image concussion-related abnormal brain proteins in retired NFL players

Sports-related concussions and mild traumatic brain injuries have grabbed headlines in recent months, as the long-term damage they can cause becomes increasingly evident among both current and former athletes. ...

Neuroscience created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Transmission of tangles in Alzheimer's mice provides more authentic model of tau pathology

Brain diseases associated with the misformed protein tau, including Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration with tau pathologies, are characterized by neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) comprised ...

Neuroscience created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Detrimental effect of obesity on lesions associated with Alzheimer's disease

Researchers from Inserm and the Université Lille/Université Lille Nord de France have recently used a neurodegeneration model of Alzheimer's disease to provide experimental evidence of the relationship between obesity and ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Link between inflammatory process and progression of Alzheimer's disease

An international team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, the University of Bonn and the Center for Advanced European Studies and Research in Germany have shown that a well-known immune and ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neurons die in Alzheimer's because of faulty cell cycle control before plaques and tangles appear

The two infamous proteins, amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau, that characterize advanced Alzheimer's disease (AD), start healthy neurons on the road to cell death long before the appearance of the deadly plaques and tangles by working ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds diabetes raises levels of proteins linked to Alzheimer's features

Growing evidence suggests that there may be a link between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, but the physiological mechanisms by which diabetes impacts brain function and cognition are not fully understood. ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Oct 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

For mitochondria, bigger may not be better

Goldilocks was on to something when she preferred everything "just right." Harvard Medical School researchers have found that when it comes to the length of mitochondria, the power-producing organelles, applying the fairy ...

Medical research created Aug 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blocking the effects of amyloid b in Alzheimer's disease

During Alzheimer's disease, 'plaques' of amyloid beta (Ab) and tau protein 'tangles' develop in the brain, leading to the death of brain cells and disruption of chemical signaling between neurons. This leads to loss of memory, ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jul 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Anti-tau drug improves cognition, decreases tau tangles in Alzheimer's disease models

While clinical trial results are being released regarding drugs intended to decrease amyloid production - thought to contribute to decline in Alzheimer's disease - clinical trials of drugs targeting other disease proteins, ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jul 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify new group of proteins in the brains of Alzheimer's patients

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a novel group of proteins that accumulate in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. These findings, which appear online in the Journal of ...

Neuroscience created Jun 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast