Tag: Alzheimer’s

Study suggests MRI and neuropsychological tests are best at predicting Alzheimer’s in the elderly

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From the IOS Press press release: Investigators from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, have shown that in most elderly patients invasive and expensive techniques, i.e. lumbar puncture and PET scan,… Read more »

Study suggests chronic stress spawns protein aggregates linked to Alzheimer’s

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From the UC San Diego press release by Scott LaFee: Repeated stress triggers the production and accumulation of insoluble tau protein aggregates inside the brain cells of mice, say researchers… Read more »

Researchers suggest behaviour-based treatment as an option for dementia patients

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From the AFTAU press release: Dementia — an acute loss of cognitive ability — can be marked by memory loss, decreased attention span, and disorientation. It occurs in severe disorders… Read more »

Study suggests brain insulin resistance contributes to cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s

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From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine via ScienceDaily: Insulin resistance in the brain precedes and contributes to cognitive decline above and beyond other known causes of Alzheimer’s disease,… Read more »

Study proposes new models that predict patterns of dementia-related brain damage

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From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Two breakthrough studies may explain why we see distinct patterns of brain damage associated with dementias, such as Alzheimer’s disease, and could… Read more »

Study suggests Alzheimer’s may spread within brain by moving directly between connected neurons

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From the UC San Francisco press release: Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia may spread within nerve networks in the brain by moving directly between connected neurons, instead of… Read more »

Study finds that potential Alzheimer’s drug slows damage and symptoms in animal model

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From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: A study published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience shows that the compound epothilone D (EpoD) is… Read more »

Study suggests new Alzheimer’s marker in strongly predictive of mental decline

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From the Washington University School of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: A new marker of Alzheimer’s disease can predict how rapidly a patient’s memory and other mental abilities will decline… Read more »

Study finds that mitochondria in brain are dysfunctional in early-stage Alzheimer’s

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From the Mayo Clinic press release via Newswise: Mitochondria — subunits inside cells that produce energy — have long been thought to play a role in Alzheimer’s disease. Now Mayo… Read more »