News tagged with amyloid beta
Metal Deficit in Mouse Brain Plaques Guides Direction of Human Alzheimer's Disease Research
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 04, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Minuscule plaques in the brains of mice with Alzheimer's disease contain much less metal than the brains of affected humans, according to a study conducted at the NSLS. This surprising finding ...
Alzheimer's research yields potential drug target
Jul 01, 2009 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara and several other institutions have found laboratory evidence that a cluster of peptides may be the toxic agent in Alzheimer's disease. Scientists say the discovery may lead ...
New mechanism for amyloid beta protein's toxic impact on the Alzheimer's brain
Jun 24, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Scientists have uncovered a novel mechanism linking soluble amyloid -- protein with the synaptic injury and memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The research, published by Cell Press in the June 25 issue ...
Variant form of amyloid beta hinders amyloidogenesis, development of Alzheimer's disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 12, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Alzheimer's disease causes misfolding and aggregation of a protein fragment known as amyloid beta and its deposition as plaques in the brain. This process triggers a cascade of event that leads to neurodegeneration. A new ...
Search results for amyloid beta
Amyloid beta protein gets bum rap
Nov 09, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
While too much amyloid beta protein in the brain is linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease, not enough of the protein in healthy brains can cause learning problems and forgetfulness, Saint Louis University scientists ...
Researchers find new piece in Alzheimer's puzzle
Feb 25, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
2
Yale researchers have filled in a missing gap on the molecular road map of Alzheimer's disease. In the Feb. 26 issue of the journal Nature, the Yale team reports that cellular prion proteins trigger the process by which ...
Enzyme may be a key to Alzheimer's-related cell death
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 06, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Purdue University researcher has discovered that the amount of an enzyme present in neurons can affect the mechanism thought to cause cell death in Alzheimer's disease patients and may have ...
Upending textbook science on Alzheimer's disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 23, 2009 |
5 / 5 (6) |
0
Alzheimer's disease is caused by the build-up of a brain peptide called amyloid-beta. That's why eliminating the protein has been the focus of almost all drug research pursuing a cure for the devastating neurodegenerative ...
Can tomatoes carry the cure for Alzheimer's?
Jul 08, 2008 |
3.9 / 5 (15) |
0
The humble tomato could be a suitable carrier for an oral vaccine against Alzheimer's disease, according to HyunSoon Kim from the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) in Korea and colleagues from ...
Vaccine slows progression of skeletal muscle disorder
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 13, 2009 |
1 / 5 (1) |
0
A potential vaccine for Alzheimer's disease also has been shown in mice to slow the weakening of muscles associated with inclusion body myositis, a disorder that affects the elderly.
Inflammation may trigger Alzheimer's disease
Jul 08, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
The anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin could hold promise as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease, says a Saint Louis University doctor and researcher.
Researchers close in on origins of main ingredient of Alzheimer's plaques
Apr 09, 2008 |
4.8 / 5 (13) |
0
The ability of brain cells to take in substances from their surface is essential to the production of a key ingredient in Alzheimer's brain plaques, neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ...
Scientists to test gammaglobulin treatment for Alzheimer's disease
Sep 24, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Researchers from the Memory and Cognition Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center will begin testing an intriguing new approach to slowing down the progression of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) using Intravenous Immune ...
Alzheimer's gene slows brain's ability to export toxic protein
Nov 13, 2008 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
The only known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease slows down the brain's ability to export a toxic protein known as amyloid-beta that is central to the damage the disease causes, scientists have found.
List of search results for amyloid beta
