Health
Sleep deprivation accelerates Alzheimer's brain damage
Poor sleep has long been linked with Alzheimer's disease, but researchers have understood little about how sleep disruptions drive the disease.
Jan 24, 2019
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Neuroscience
New antibody treats traumatic brain injury and prevents long-term neurodegeneration
New research led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) provides the first direct evidence linking traumatic brain injury to Alzheimer's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)—and offers ...
Jul 15, 2015
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Neuroscience
Protein released from cells triggers chain reactions that could cause Alzheimer's disease
Researchers have shown that tiny quantities of the protein tau can be enough to kick-start an aggregation process which may explain the onset of Alzheimer's in the brain.
Nov 28, 2013
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
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 ...
Dec 19, 2012
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Genetics
Three possible susceptibility genes found in neurodegenerative disorder
An international research team, co-led by scientists at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida, have discovered three potential susceptibility genes for development of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a rare neurodegenerative ...
Jun 19, 2011
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Neuroscience
Dementia study reveals how proteins interact to stop brain signals
Fresh insights into damaging proteins that build up in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease could aid the quest for treatments.
Dec 10, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Inflammatory processes drive progression of Alzheimer's and other brain diseases
Inflammation drives the progression of neurodegenerative brain diseases and plays a major role in the accumulation of tau proteins within neurons. An international research team led by the German Center for Neurodegenerative ...
Nov 20, 2019
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Neuroscience
High-salt diet promotes cognitive impairment through the Alzheimer-linked protein tau
A high-salt diet may negatively affect cognitive function by causing a deficiency of the compound nitric oxide, which is vital for maintaining vascular health in the brain, according to a new study in mice from Weill Cornell ...
Oct 23, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
In Alzheimer's research, scientists reveal brain rhythm role
In the years since her lab discovered that exposing Alzheimer's disease model mice to light flickering at the frequency of a key brain rhythm could stem the disorder's pathology, MIT neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai and her team ...
Oct 22, 2019
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Neuroscience
Tau-mediated RNA splicing errors linked to Alzheimer's disease
A collaborative study published today in the journal Cell Reports provides evidence for a new molecular cause for neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease. The study, led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the ...
Oct 08, 2019
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