Health
Strawberries may fend off Alzheimer's
Could strawberries as a snack or in your cereal, salads or smoothie help protect your brain from Alzheimer's? Maybe so, according to a new study from researchers at RUSH.
Jul 28, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Untangling the role of tau in Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease is a brain disorder that causes neurons to die, slowly destroying memory and thinking skills. It's the most common type of dementia, impacting an estimated 50 million people worldwide, and is a particularly ...
Jun 22, 2022
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Medical research
Scientists discover and characterize a novel membraneless organelle that could play a role in Alzheimer's treatment
Researchers in UC Santa Barbara neuroscientist Kenneth S. Kosik's lab have discovered a novel organelle—a previously unknown cell structure whose function it is to help clean up faulty proteins in times of stress and keep ...
Jun 14, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study now links non-mutated Apolipoprotein E to dementia in the aging brain
Researchers exploring dementia-related proteins in the brain identified Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) as a key misfolded protein. About 25% of individuals, and 50% of individuals with Alzheimer disease, have a genetic mutation, ...
Jan 26, 2022
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Medical research
First study to investigate the role of RNA tags in Alzheimer's disease
Understanding the role of tau protein in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has led to new ways to diagnose it as well as the creation of medicines now in clinical trials to treat it.
Aug 27, 2021
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Neuroscience
Untangling the brain: New research offers hope for Alzheimer's disease
Since the discovery of Alzheimer's disease over a century ago, two hallmarks of the devastating illness have taken center stage.
May 12, 2021
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Neuroscience
Leaking calcium in neurons an early sign of Alzheimer's pathology
Alzheimer's disease is known for its slow attack on neurons crucial to memory and cognition. But why are these particular neurons in aging brains so susceptible to the disease's ravages, while others remain resilient?
Apr 8, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
SuperAger brains resist protein tangles that lead to Alzheimer's
A new Northwestern Medicine study showed cognitive SuperAgers have resistance to the development of fibrous tangles in a brain region related to memory and which are known to be markers of Alzheimer's disease.
Feb 17, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Scientists find promising avenue to restore cognitive function impaired by Alzheimer's disease
A team of neuroscientists has identified a potential means to address the loss of cognitive function due to Alzheimer's disease by targeting protein synthesis in mice. Their findings, reported in the journal Science Signaling, ...
Feb 2, 2021
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Neuroscience
Study identifies novel mechanisms that cause protein clumping in brain diseases
A team of researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has taken a major step toward understanding the mechanisms involved in the formation of large clumps of tau protein, a hallmark of Alzheimer's ...
Dec 1, 2020
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