Emerging Evidence Indicates Some Alzheimer’s Disease Risk is Inherited
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 14, 2013) — What if we could pinpoint a hereditary cause for Alzheimer’s, and intervene to reduce the risk of the disease? We may be closer to that goal, thanks to a team at the...
View ArticleNew Target for Inhibiting Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease
This is a positive expression of striatal-enriched phosphatase 61 (arrow) could be seen in the cerebral cortex of APPswe/PSEN1dE9e transgenic mice.Credit: Neural Regeneration Research To stop the...
View ArticleCopper May Play a Role in Alzheimer’s Disease
Copper appears to be one of the main environmental factors that trigger the onset and enhance the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by preventing the clearance and accelerating the accumulation of...
View ArticleResearchers Discover Brain Network Decay in Early Alzheimer’s
In patients with early Alzheimer’s disease, disruptions in brain networks emerge about the same time as chemical markers of the disease appear in the spinal fluid, researchers at Washington University...
View ArticleFirst Copper Now Study Suggests Iron at Core of Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease has proven to be a difficult enemy to defeat. After all, aging is the No. 1 risk factor for the disorder, and there’s no stopping that. Most researchers believe the disease is...
View ArticleFailure by Brain’s Trash Collectors May Contribute to Alzheimer’s
STANFORD, Calif. — A defective trash-disposal system in the brain’s resident immune cells may be a major contributor to neurodegenerative disease, a scientific team from the Stanford University School...
View ArticleProgress Made Towards Early Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
If Alzheimer’s disease is to be treated in the future it requires an early diagnosis, which is not yet possible. Now researchers at higher education institutions such as Linköping University have...
View ArticleExercise Found to be Beneficial for Dementia
Exercise may benefit older people with dementia by improving their cognitive functioning and ability to carry out everyday activities, according to a new systematic review published in The Cochrane...
View ArticleAlzheimer’s Patients Have Significantly Higher Levels of DDT Metabolite
Patients with Alzheimer’s disease have significantly higher levels of DDE, the long-lasting metabolite of the pesticide DDT, in their blood than healthy people, a team of researchers has found. In a...
View ArticleResearchers Develop Blood Test to Diagnose Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
The research team previously identified that changes in the brain occur two decades before patients show signs of dementia. These changes can be detected through expensive brain imaging procedures. The...
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