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Alzheimer's Discovery: Amyloid Beta Triggers Increased Levels of Protein That Appears to Cause Neuronal Dysfunction
March 19, 2013 — A new study potentially identifies a cause of Alzheimer's disease -- based on a newly-discovered signaling pathway in cellular models of Alzheimer's disease -- and opens the door for new treatments ... > full story -
Uncontrolled Hypertension Could Bring Increased Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
March 18, 2013 — A new study suggests that controlling or preventing risk factors such as hypertension earlier in life may limit or delay the brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease and other age-related ... > full story -
Improved Detection of Frontotemporal Degeneration May Aid Clinical Trial Efforts
March 15, 2013 — A series of studies demonstrate improved detection of the second most common form of dementia, providing diagnostic specificity that clears the way for refined clinical trials testing targeted ... > full story -
Rapid Hearing Loss May Be a Symptom of Rare Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
March 14, 2013 — Rapid hearing loss in both ears may be a symptom of the rare but always-fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and should be considered a reason for clinicians to test for the ... > full story -
How Chronic Stress Accelerates Alzheimer’s Disease
March 14, 2013 — Why does chronic stress lead to increased risk for dementia? The answer may lie in the elevation of stress steroids that is seen in the brain during stress, a researcher ... > full story -
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 -
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
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