Overcoming missed connections to battle Alzheimer's
A recent study revealed that a protein important for neuron communication is associated with patient resistance to Alzheimer's disease and may delay cognitive decline.
Apr 27, 2023
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A recent study revealed that a protein important for neuron communication is associated with patient resistance to Alzheimer's disease and may delay cognitive decline.
Apr 27, 2023
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Changes in blood vessels in the brain linked to the build-up of a sticky protein known as amyloid beta are a hallmark of early-stage Alzheimer's disease. As amyloid accumulates on the walls of vessels, brain cells lose nutrients ...
Apr 26, 2023
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Scientists have been working to understand the root causes of dementia and Alzheimer's disease for decades now. But one of the reasons we don't yet have a cure for this disease is because of the complexity of the human brain—alongside ...
Mar 21, 2023
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A newly discovered "energy switch" in the immune cells of the brain may lead to the development of drugs for Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia.
Mar 15, 2023
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Reducing the methylation of a key messenger RNA can promote migration of macrophages into the brain and ameliorate symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in a mouse model, according to a new study publishing March 7 in the open ...
Mar 7, 2023
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Cedars-Sinai investigators have produced the most extensive analysis to date of changes in the retina—a layer of tissue at the back of the eye where visual information originates—and how those retinal changes correspond ...
Mar 3, 2023
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Cholesterol tremendously increases the toxicity of a peptide implicated in Alzheimer's progression, according to research by scientists in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics in Texas A&M's College of Agriculture ...
Mar 1, 2023
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A 19-year-old man from China, who has been having memory problems since the age of 17, was diagnosed with dementia, according to a recent case study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
Feb 23, 2023
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Nearly 120 years after Alois Alzheimer reported what he learned from studying the brain of a patient who suffered from symptoms of what we now call "Alzheimer's disease," researchers are still struggling to understand the ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Sometimes in science, "Eureka!" moments happen with surprisingly little effort. Sometimes they take years or decades to emerge. Such was the case with Brian Kraemer's research team and their recent study of the protein tau ...
Feb 6, 2023
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