Why memory-forming neurons are vulnerable to Alzheimer’s
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University When Alzheimer's disease strikes, the entire brain doesn't crumble ...
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Research finds new approach to treating certain neurological diseases
Research produces dramatic results in laboratory studies involving fatal myelin disease that strikes childrenCredit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--A team ...
Study will enhance training for nurses working with dementia patients
McLean Hospital leads one of two pilot studies by the NIA's IMPACT CollaboratoryCredit: McLean Hospital McLean Hospital's Brent P. Forester, ...
Brain receptor pulls open electrical gate like a puppet master
Credit: Furukawa lab/CSHL, 2020 For the first time, researchers in the lab of CSHL Professor Hiro Furukawa have been able ...
Plasticity may make neurons vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease
Neurons that regularly remodel are more prone to the dysfunctions linked to the disease's onset, a new experimental and computational ...
NIH study finds out why some words may be more memorable than others
Results suggest our brains use internet search engine strategies to remember words and memories of past experiences.Credit: Courtesy of Zaghloul ...
A new mechanism of toxicity in Alzheimer’s disease revealed by the 3D structure of Aβ protein
Credit: Benjamin Bardiaux. The brains of millions of people suffering from Alzheimer´s disease (AD) are slowly and inescapably being depleted ...
Templating S100A9 amyloids on Aβ fibrillar surfaces revealed
Credit: Jonathan Pansieri A research team lead by Ludmilla Morozova Roche at Umeå University, Sweden, has provided the mechanistic insight ...
Gold nanoparticles to save neurons from cell death
Published on ACS Nano, journal of the American Chemical Society, the study opens important perspectives for treatment of diseases such ...
Seattle researchers team up to build hi-res brain map of Alzheimer’s Disease
$40.5 million NIH-funded project aims to pinpoint cells at the root of the progressive brain disease and home in on ...
Pioneering research reveals certain human genes relate to gut bacteria
Credit: Chloe Russell, as featured in her book Up Your A-Z An Encyclopedia On Gut Bacteria The role genetics and ...
Memory impairment in mice reduced by soy derivate that can enter the brain intact
Ingestion of the protein fragment improved working and long-term memory in mice treated to simulate Alzheimer's diseaseCredit: William J. Potscavage ...
Clearer understanding of disordered protein could aid ALS, Alzheimer’s treatment search
NIH awards $3.3 million grant to Lehigh, Brown university researchers studying atomistic structure and mechanisms of TDP-43, which has been ...
New UNLV Center advances global fight against Alzheimer’s
The Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience will advance research and the science of treatment for Alzheimer's and other neurological disordersCredit: ...
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