News articles tagged with 'Alzheimer' (Page 2)
Scientists discover major clue in long-term memory making
— 21 Mar 2011 15:52 | HealthYou may remember the colour of your loved one's eyes for years. But how? Scientists believe that long-term potentiation (LTP) - the long-lasting increase of signals across a connection…
Scientists ID possible biomarker to gauge Alzheimer's prognosis, effect of therapies
— 18 Mar 2011 14:29 | HealthUCLA researchers have identified a new biomarker that could help them track how effectively the immune system is able to clear the brain of amyloid beta, which forms the plaques considered…
Molecule that spurs cell's recycling centre may help Alzheimer's patients
— 17 Mar 2011 18:24 | HealthCells, which employ a process called autophagy to clean up and reuse protein debris leftover from biological processes, were the original recyclers. A team of scientists from Paul Greengard's…
Newly discovered role for enzyme in neurodegenerative diseases
— 10 Mar 2011 18:56 | HealthNeurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are partly attributable to brain inflammation. Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet in Sweden…
Rockefeller Scientists discover new compound that rids cells of Alzheimer protein debris
— 8 Mar 2011 12:56 | HealthIf you can't stop the beta-amyloid protein plaques from forming in Alzheimer's disease patients, then maybe you can help the body rid itself of them instead. At least that's what scientists…
Boosting protein garbage disposal in brain cells protects mice from Alzheimer's disease
— 5 Mar 2011 13:33 | HealthGene therapy that boosts the ability of brain cells to gobble up toxic proteins prevents development of Alzheimer's disease in mice that are predestined to develop it, report researchers…
Human stem cells transformed into key neurones lost in Alzheimer's
— 4 Mar 2011 15:09 | HealthNorthwestern Medicine researchers for the first time have transformed a human embryonic stem cell into a critical type of neurone that dies early in Alzheimer's disease and is a major…
Researchers find new mechanism behind the formation and maintenance of long-term memories
— 4 Mar 2011 13:26 | HealthResearchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that lactate, a type of energy fuel in the brain, plays a critical role in the formation of long-term memory. These findings…
Scripps Research study points to liver, not brain, as origin of Alzheimer's plaques
— 4 Mar 2011 13:11 | HealthUnexpected results from a Scripps Research Institute and ModGene, LLC study could completely alter scientists' ideas about Alzheimer's disease - pointing to the liver instead of the…
Silk moth's antenna inspires new nanotech tool with applications in Alzheimer's research
— 1 Mar 2011 17:54 | BiologyBy mimicking the structure of the silk moth's antenna, University of Michigan researchers led the development of a better nanopore - a tiny tunnel-shaped tool that could advance understanding…