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Novel role of protein in generating amyloid-beta peptide
Apr 27, 2009 |
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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 ...
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Alzheimer's disease drug treats traumatic brain injury
Jul 12, 2009 |
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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 ...
Common anesthetic induces Alzheimer's-associated changes in mouse brains
Nov 12, 2008 |
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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 ...
How neuronal activity leads to Alzheimer's protein cleavage
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Oct 20, 2008 |
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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, ...
Mars technology on balloon to study the atmosphere
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Apr 16, 2008 |
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“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 ...
Study outlines how stroke, head injury can increase risk of Alzheimer's disease
Jun 06, 2007 |
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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 ...
Scientists Develop New Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease
Oct 26, 2006 |
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have created a new chemical compound that could be developed into a drug treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
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