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Novel role of protein in generating amyloid-beta peptide
A defining hallmark of Alzheimer's disease is the accumulation of the amyloid β protein (Aβ), otherwise known as "senile plaques," in the brain's cortex and hippocampus, where memory consolidation occurs. Researchers ...
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Protein in the brain could be a key target in controlling Alzheimer's
A protein recently discovered in the brain could play a key role in regulating the creation of amyloid beta, the major component of plaques implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to researchers at ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Neuroscientists discover nicotine could play role in Alzheimer's disease therapy
A team of neuroscientists has discovered important new information in the search for an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease, the debilitating neurological disorder that afflicts more than 5.3 million Americans and ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Diabetes gene linked to degeneration of enzyme involved in Alzheimer's disease onset and progression
Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have found that a gene associated with the onset of Type 2 diabetes also is found at lower-than-normal levels in people with Alzheimer's disease. The research, led by Giulio Maria ...
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Alzheimer's disease drug treats traumatic brain injury
The destructive cellular pathways activated in Alzheimer's disease are also triggered following traumatic brain injury, say researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC). They say this finding suggests that ...
Jul 12, 2009 |
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Common anesthetic induces Alzheimer's-associated changes in mouse brains
For the first time researchers have shown that a commonly used anesthetic can produce changes associated with Alzheimer's disease in the brains of living mammals, confirming previous laboratory studies. In their Annals of ...
Nov 12, 2008 |
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How neuronal activity leads to Alzheimer's protein cleavage
Amyloid precursor protein (APP), whose cleavage product, amyloid-b (Ab), builds up into fibrous plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients, jumps from one specialized membrane microdomain to another to be cleaved, ...
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Oct 20, 2008 |
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Mars technology on balloon to study the atmosphere
“From Mars to the Earth and back” is the theme when the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and University of Bern in Switzerland build and launch a mass spectrometer ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Study outlines how stroke, head injury can increase risk of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers from the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders (MGH-MIND) have discovered how the death of brain cells caused by a stroke or head injury may cause generation of amyloid-beta protein – the key component ...
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Scientists Develop New Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have created a new chemical compound that could be developed into a drug treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
Oct 26, 2006 |
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