Researchers find enzyme plays much larger role in preventing neurodegenerative diseases

JANUARY 31, 2024byIndiana UniversityDeleting NMNAT2 in cortical glutamatergic neurons results in age-dependent axonal degeneration.ABody weight of cKO and their littermate control (c

Updated on: March 28,2024

Researchers find enzyme plays much larger role in preventing neurodegenerative diseases

JANUARY 31, 2024byIndiana UniversityDeleting NMNAT2 in cortical glutamatergic neurons results in age-dependent axonal degeneration.ABody weight of cKO and their littermate control (c

Updated on:March 28,2024

New perspectives on understanding, preventing and treating vascular dementia

by Hôpitaux Universitaires de GenèveCCR5 expression in response to oxidative stress is mediated by NF-κB. (A)Upper: Schematic overview of the murineCcr5gene. Blue boxes represent int

Updated on: March 02,2024

New perspectives on understanding, preventing and treating vascular dementia

by Hôpitaux Universitaires de GenèveCCR5 expression in response to oxidative stress is mediated by NF-κB. (A)Upper: Schematic overview of the murineCcr5gene. Blue boxes represent int

Updated on:March 02,2024

Alzheimer's trial screening data links high amyloid levels with early stage disease

by National Institutes of HealthPET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer's disease. Credit: public domainThe first published data from the Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer&#39

Updated on: April 20,2024

Alzheimer's trial screening data links high amyloid levels with early stage disease

by National Institutes of HealthPET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer's disease. Credit: public domainThe first published data from the Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer&#39

Updated on:April 20,2024

Moving beyond memory metrics for early identification of Alzheimer's risk

by Cognitive Neuroscience SocietyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainSay the words "Alzheimer's disease," and the next word that most readily comes to mind is likely "memory.&quot

Updated on: February 03,2024

Moving beyond memory metrics for early identification of Alzheimer's risk

by Cognitive Neuroscience SocietyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainSay the words "Alzheimer's disease," and the next word that most readily comes to mind is likely "memory.&quot

Updated on:February 03,2024

Researchers discover role of microglia during early progression of Alzheimer's disease

by Boston University Medical CenterDiagram of the brain of a person with Alzheimer's Disease. Credit: Wikipedia/public domain.For the first time, researchers have determined how toxic tau fib

Updated on: February 26,2024

Researchers discover role of microglia during early progression of Alzheimer's disease

by Boston University Medical CenterDiagram of the brain of a person with Alzheimer's Disease. Credit: Wikipedia/public domain.For the first time, researchers have determined how toxic tau fib

Updated on:February 26,2024

Portable cap can measure cognition with pulsed laser light

by Anne McGovern,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyFour custom readout integrated circuits are mounted so that they can be placed on metal plating. The Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes are l

Updated on: February 05,2024

Portable cap can measure cognition with pulsed laser light

by Anne McGovern,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyFour custom readout integrated circuits are mounted so that they can be placed on metal plating. The Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes are l

Updated on:February 05,2024

Not every young reader's struggle is the same

by Anne Trafton,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainMany children struggle to learn to read, and studies have shown that students from a lower socioeconomic st

Updated on: February 03,2024

Not every young reader's struggle is the same

by Anne Trafton,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainMany children struggle to learn to read, and studies have shown that students from a lower socioeconomic st

Updated on:February 03,2024

Alzheimer's disease protein links plaques to cell death in mice

by RIKENMRI scans of CAPON-overexpressing mouse brains scanned 7 days and 3 months after CAPON cDNA introduction to AD mice. Credit: RIKENA new protein involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD) ha

Updated on: April 07,2024

Alzheimer's disease protein links plaques to cell death in mice

by RIKENMRI scans of CAPON-overexpressing mouse brains scanned 7 days and 3 months after CAPON cDNA introduction to AD mice. Credit: RIKENA new protein involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD) ha

Updated on:April 07,2024

Antipsychotic drugs likely overprescribed to homebound patients with dementia, study finds

by WileyCredit: CC0 Public DomainNew research published in theJournal of the American Geriatrics Societyindicates that antipsychotics are likely overprescribed and used inappropriatel

Updated on: March 02,2024

Antipsychotic drugs likely overprescribed to homebound patients with dementia, study finds

by WileyCredit: CC0 Public DomainNew research published in theJournal of the American Geriatrics Societyindicates that antipsychotics are likely overprescribed and used inappropriatel

Updated on:March 02,2024

Exploring how astrocytes respond to spinal cord injury or stroke-induced tissue damage

by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical XpressWound repair astrocytes (in green) form a border around the inflammatory cells (in white) that invade an area of brain tissue damaged by a small stroke. This astrocyt

Updated on: July 31,2024

Exploring how astrocytes respond to spinal cord injury or stroke-induced tissue damage

by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical XpressWound repair astrocytes (in green) form a border around the inflammatory cells (in white) that invade an area of brain tissue damaged by a small stroke. This astrocyt

Updated on:July 31,2024

Exercise alters brain chemistry to protect aging synapses

by University of California, San FranciscoCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWhen elderly people stay active, their brains have more of a class of proteins that enhances the connections between ne

Updated on: May 22,2024

Exercise alters brain chemistry to protect aging synapses

by University of California, San FranciscoCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWhen elderly people stay active, their brains have more of a class of proteins that enhances the connections between ne

Updated on:May 22,2024

Most with intractable Meniere disease experience symptom relief

by Elana GotkineMost patients with intractable Meniere disease (MD) experience symptom relief over time, according to a study published online Oct. 23 inFrontiers in Neurology.F.R. Gerritsen, fr

Updated on: December 23,2024

Most with intractable Meniere disease experience symptom relief

by Elana GotkineMost patients with intractable Meniere disease (MD) experience symptom relief over time, according to a study published online Oct. 23 inFrontiers in Neurology.F.R. Gerritsen, fr

Updated on:December 23,2024