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In Mouse Model Bexarotene Quickly Reverses Alzheimer’s Symptoms
Neuroscientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have made a dramatic breakthrough in their efforts to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers’ findings, published in the journal Science, show that use of a drug in mice appears to quickly reverse the pathological, cognitive and memory deficits caused by the onset of Alzheimer’s…
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No commentsMost Lethal Known Species Of Prion Protein Identified
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have identified a single prion protein that causes neuronal death similar to that seen in “mad cow” disease, but is at least 10 times more lethal than larger prion species…
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No commentsHope For Early Alzheimer’s Test In Spinal Fluid
New research led by Nottingham University in the UK suggests abnormal levels of seven proteins in spinal fluid could be markers for the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, raising hopes of a test for a disease that is difficult to diagnose at the beginning. The researchers write about their findings in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease…
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No commentsMemory Can Be Boosted By Stimulating Brain
New research from UCLA shows that stimulating key area of the brain can improve the memory. Perhaps we’ll soon be free from those annoying afternoons, scrambling about looking for the dog’s leash or the car keys…
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No commentsMale Smoking Leads To Faster Cognitive Decline
Findings of a report published Online First in the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals shows that men who smoke seem to be linked with a more rapid cognitive decline. According to background information, smoking is more and more renown as a risk factor for dementia in the elderly…
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No commentsMild Alzheimer’s Patients May Be Re-Diagnosed With Mild Cognitive Impairment
A report published Online First in Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, shows that under the revised criteria for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease, many patients who are currently diagnosed with very mild or mild Alzheimer disease dementia could potentially be reclassified as having mild cognitive impairment (MCI). According to John C. Morris, M.D…
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No commentsAssociation Between Mild Cognitive Impairment, Disability And Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
In low- and middle-income countries, mild cognitive impairment – an intermediate state between normal signs of cognitive aging, such as becoming increasingly forgetful, and dementia, which may or may not progress – is consistently associated with higher disability and with neuropsychiatric symptoms but not with most socio-demographic factors, according to a large study publishe…
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No commentsObama Plans To Combat Alzheimer’s
A statement released by The Obama Administration claims there are going to be new measures taken against battling Alzheimer’s disease. One of these efforts includes a $50 million increase in the amount of money that will be used towards new, advanced research. Also, the administration says their Fiscal Year 2013 budget will increase by $80 million for Alzheimer’s exploration…
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No commentsThe Toxic Role Of Tau Oligomers In Alzheimer’s
One of the most distinctive signs of the development of Alzheimer’s disease is a change in the behavior of a protein that neuroscientists call tau. In normal brains, tau is present in individual units essential to neuron health. In the cells of Alzheimer’s brains, by contrast, tau proteins aggregate into twisted structures known as “neurofibrillary tangles…
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No commentsSmoking Speeds Up Male Cognitive Decline
A male regular smoker has a higher risk of rapid cognitive decline, compared to his counterparts who do not smoke, researchers from University College London, England, reported in Archives of General Psychiatry…
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