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Drug Shows Potential to Delay Onset or Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
March 11, 2013 An anti-atherosclerosis drug greatly reduced blood-brain barrier (BBB) leaks in animal models with diabetes and hypercholesterolemia and linked BBB permeability with amyloid peptide deposits at the ... > full story -
Sleep Loss Precedes Alzheimer's Symptoms
March 11, 2013 Sleep is disrupted in people who likely have early Alzheimer’s disease but do not yet have the memory loss or other problems characteristic of full-blown disease, researchers ... > full story -
New Add-on Drug May Improve Memory in People With Moderate Alzheimer's Disease
March 11, 2013 A new drug may improve memory problems in people with moderate Alzheimer’s disease, according to a phase IIa study. The drug is called ... > full story -
Sleep Discovery Could Lead to Therapies That Improve Memory
March 11, 2013 A team of sleep researchers has confirmed the mechanism that enables the brain to consolidate memory and found that a commonly prescribed sleep aid enhances the ... > full story -
Scientists Identify Buphenyl as a Possible Drug for Alzheimer's Disease
March 8, 2013 Studies in mice with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have shown that sodium phenylbutyrate, known as Buphenyl, successfully increases factors for neuronal growth and protects learning and memory, ... > full story -
Drugs Targeting Blood Vessels May Be Candidates for Treating Alzheimer's
March 7, 2013 Researchers have successfully normalized the production of blood vessels in the brain of mice with Alzheimer's disease by immunizing them with amyloid beta, a protein widely associated with the ... > full story -
How the Body's Energy Molecule Transmits Three Types of Taste to the Brain
March 6, 2013 Scientists have discovered how ATP -- the body's main fuel source -- is released as the neurotransmitter from sweet, bitter, and umami, or savory, taste bud cells. The CALHM1 channel protein, which ... > full storyMore: -
Use It or Lose It: Molecular Mechanism for Why a Stimulating Environment Protects Against Alzheimer's Disease
March 6, 2013 Researchers provide specific pre-clinical scientific evidence supporting the concept that prolonged and intensive stimulation by an enriched environment, especially regular exposure to new ... > full story -
Alzheimer's Risk Gene Discovered by Screening Brain's Connections: Signs of Disease Decades Before Illness Strike
March 6, 2013 Scientists have discovered a new genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease by screening people's DNA and then using an advanced type of scan to visualize their brains' connections. The researchers ... > full story -
Green Tea Extract Interferes With the Formation of Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer's Disease
March 5, 2013 Researchers have found a new potential benefit of a molecule in green tea: preventing the misfolding of specific proteins in the ... > full story
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