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Early Surgical Menopause Linked to Declines in Memory and Thinking Skills
January 14, 2013 — Women who undergo surgical menopause at an earlier age may have an increased risk of decline in memory and thinking skills, according to a new study. Early surgical menopause is the removal of both ... > full story -
Protein Identified That Can Disrupt Embryonic Brain Development and Neuron Migration
January 14, 2013 — Interneurons – nerve cells that function as ‘dimmers’ – play an important role in the brain. Their formation and migration to the cerebral cortex during the embryonic stage of ... > full story -
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Why Down Syndrome Boosts Susceptibility to Other Conditions
January 11, 2013 — A new study has revealed some of the underlying neural factors that explain why people with Down syndrome are more susceptible to Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and autistic spectrum ... > full story -
Regulating Single Protein Prompts Fibroblasts to Become Neurons
January 10, 2013 — Repression of a single protein in ordinary fibroblasts is sufficient to directly convert the cells -- abundantly found in connective tissues -- into functional neurons. The findings could have ... > full story -
Passive Smoking Increases Risk of Severe Dementia, According to Study in China
January 9, 2013 — Scientists have found a link between passive smoking and syndromes of dementia. The study of nearly 6,000 people in five provinces in China reveals that people exposed to passive smoking have a ... > full story -
Can Blood Pressure Drugs Reduce the Risk of Dementia?
January 7, 2013 — People taking the blood pressure drugs called beta blockers may be less likely to have changes in the brain that can be signs of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia, according to a ... > full story -
Detrimental Effect of Obesity on Lesions Associated With Alzheimer's Disease
January 7, 2013 — Researchers have recently used a neurodegeneration model of Alzheimer's disease to provide experimental evidence of the relationship between obesity and disorders linked to the tau protein. This ... > full story -
Risk Genes for Alzheimer's and Mental Illness Linked to Brain Changes at Birth
January 2, 2013 — Some brain changes that are found in adults with common gene variants linked to disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, and autism can also be seen in the brain scans of newborns, ... > full story -
Promising Compound Restores Memory Loss and Reverses Symptoms of Alzheimer's in Mice
January 2, 2013 — A new ray of hope has broken through the clouded outcomes associated with Alzheimer's disease. When a molecule called TFP5 is injected into mice with disease that is the equivalent of human ... > full story -
Space Travel May Be Harmful to the Brain, Study Suggests; Prolonged Cosmic Radiation Exposure Could Hasten Alzheimer's
December 31, 2012 — As if space travel was not already filled with enough dangers, a new study shows that cosmic radiation -- which would bombard astronauts on deep space missions to places like Mars -- could accelerate ... > full story
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