Recent neuroscience studies have consistently outlined the role of the C9ORF72 gene in the development of some neurodegenerative diseases. These studies found that mutations of this gene increase the risk of developing amyotrophic ...
New research has discovered that some patients with motor neuron disease (MND) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) carry the same rare genetic defects that cause other neurodegenerative diseases.
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Targeting part of an antiviral pathway triggered by the accumulation of a key pathogen shared in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia may one day offer a new therapeutic approach to deterring or delaying cognitive ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Inhibition of the PREP enzyme was successful in stopping the progression of frontotemporal dementia in a mouse model of the disease, according to a new study published in Science Translational Medicine. PREP inhibitor treatment ...
Apr 13, 2023
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To date, the search for effective treatments for dementia has yielded only disappointments. Many recent drug candidates target the tau protein, which aggregates and forms tangles in patients' brain tissue and is involved ...
Apr 7, 2023
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Scientists have long known that the complement cascade, a set of immune system proteins, protects against infection in the body. But in recent years, researchers have uncovered new roles for the system in the brain, including ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Dementia is an umbrella term to describe a progressive neurological condition that affects people's cognitive abilities, such as memory, language and reasoning.
Mar 23, 2023
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University of Sydney researchers who compared people with frontotemporal dementia have found that those born overseas who first spoke a language other than English can tolerate the disease longer before symptoms gain a foothold.
Mar 14, 2023
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Nearly 100% of cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—the progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disease known as ALS or Lou Gherig's disease—involve the buildup of a protein called TDP-43.
Feb 27, 2023
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Around 55 million people worldwide suffer from dementia such as Alzheimer's disease. Recently, the actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, a rare type of dementia that typically affects people ...
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