Nervous System Diseases: News and Research on Movement Disorders

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Mirror fragments intercept Alzheimer's-causing protein

Understanding how proteins interact with their own mirror images enabled a Kobe University research team to design a small mirror protein that disables a causal factor of Alzheimer's disease, amyloid-beta.

The four types of dementia most people don't know exist

What most people think of when they hear the word "dementia" is memory problems and forgetfulness. But what people often don't know is that dementia can cause many different symptoms—affecting speech, behavior, sleep, motor ...

Touch and temperature: How special fats fine-tune our senses

Our ability to feel a harmful touch or sense dangerous heat relies on specialized receptor proteins embedded in nerve cell membranes. But how do these receptors maintain their exquisite sensitivity? In a new study, researchers ...

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