Research in yeast leads to serendipitous finding about a central nervous system disorder
Studying the fundamental aspects of biology can sometimes lead to unexpected findings that directly relate to human disease. In one
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Is that ‘midlife crisis’ really Alzheimer’s disease?
Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease presents unique challenges, when a patient is still working or parenting children. The personality changes involved can
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How exercise generates new neurons, improves cognition in Alzheimer’s mouse: How to mimic the beneficial effects of exercise
A study by a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team finds that neurogenesis -inducing the production of new neurons —
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Study shows how exercise generates new neurons, improves cognition in Alzheimer’s mouse
A study by a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team finds that neurogenesis -inducing the production of new neurons—in the
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Severity of Alzheimer’s Can Vary by Season
TUESDAY, Sept. 4, 2018 — The thinking ability of people with Alzheimer’s disease changes depending on the season, researchers report.
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‘Blink’ and you won’t miss amyloids: Engineering team just found new way to see proteins that cause Alzheimer’s, other diseases
Tiny protein structures called amyloids are key to understanding certain devastating age-related diseases. Aggregates, or sticky clumped-up amyloids, form plaques
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Alzheimer’s one day may be predicted during eye exam
It may be possible in the future to screen patients for Alzheimer’s disease using an eye exam. Using technology similar
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Researchers demonstrate safe, non-invasive way to open blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s patients
In the first peer-reviewed published report of its kind, University of Toronto researchers have demonstrated that focused ultrasound can be
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Two-year-old boy may be the youngest Brit with ‘childhood Alzheimer’s’
Two-year-old with rare ‘childhood Alzheimer’s’ thought to be the youngest ever diagnosed in the UK Two-year-old boy with a condition
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How soon is soon enough to learn you have Alzheimer’s?
Jose Belardo of Lansing, Kan., spent most of his career in the U.S. Public Health Service. He worked on the
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