Tag: Alzheimer

Massive energy needed for nerve cells to keep 'talking'Credit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - Jan. 16, 2019 ...

Novel findings may further understanding of age-related dementia Irvine, Calif., Jan. 15, 2019 -- With a little help from HBO's ...

The UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country is proposing improvements with respect to the pharmacological study of cognitive function enhancers in ...

Findings could have implications for drugs and insight into diseases like Alzheimer's (New York, NY - January 14, 2019) -- ...

Emergency and urgent hospitalizations are associated with an increased rate of cognitive decline in older adults, report researchers at Rush ...

Alzheimer's-affected brains are riddled with so-called amyloid plaques: protein aggregates consisting mainly of amyloid-β. However, this amyloid-β is a fragment ...

Credit: Marco Brancaccio Astrocytes, 'caretaker' cells that surround and support neurons in the brain, play a much more important role ...

Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - Beneath the amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles that ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Registration is now open for journalists planning to attend the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of ...

My Brain Robbie animation campaign aims to help keep little brains healthyCredit: My Brain Robbie My Brain Robbie, a fantastic ...

SBIR for target discoveryCredit: Integral Molecular, Inc. PHILADELPHIA--Integral Molecular, the industry leader in membrane protein technologies, was awarded a Small ...

Getting enough of the omega 3 fatty acids DHA and EPA into the brain to study their effects on conditions ...

Scientists are studying the role of immune cell activation in Alzheimer's disease Mutations of the TREM2 gene can significantly increase ...

Mice with AD-like symptoms receiving supplemental levels of choline in the womb improved their spatial memory. A second generation bred ...