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·June 13, 2011·4 min read

Brain Scan Identifies Patterns of Plaques and Tangles in Adults with Down Syndrome

In one of the first studies of its kind, UCLA researchers used a unique brain scan to assess the levels...

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·June 23, 2011·2 min read

Competition Between Brain Cells Spurs Memory Circuit Development

From the Petri dish into a living organism, for the first time U-M scientists observe key aspects of how the...

·June 24, 2011·2 min read

Lithium Profoundly Prevents Brain Damage Associated with Parkinson’s Disease

Buck Institute research in mice moves into preclinical stage; working toward human trials Lithium profoundly prevents the aggregation of toxic...

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·August 15, 2011·2 min read

Study Finds Enzyme Disrupting Nerve Cell Communication in Alzheimer’s Disease

A modified form of the enzyme Cdk5 is elevated in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients, where it triggers damage...

·August 22, 2011·4 min read

Major ALS Breakthrough – Common Cause of All Forms of ALS Discovered

Researchers discover common cause of all forms of ALS. The underlying disease process of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS and Lou Gehrig’s disease), a fatal neurodegenerative disease that paralyzes its victims, has long eluded scientists and prevented development of effective therapies. Scientists weren’t even sure all its forms actually converged into a common disease process.

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·November 10, 2011·3 min read

Parkinsonian Worms May Hold the Key to Identifying Drugs for Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have devised a simple test, using dopamine-deficient worms, for identifying drugs that...

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·December 10, 2011·2 min read

Researchers Design Alzheimer’s Antibodies

A Surprisingly Simple Method To Target Harmful Proteins Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to design...

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·December 14, 2011·2 min read

Scientists Provide Potential Explanation for Mechanisms of Associative Memory

Researchers from the University of Bristol have discovered that a chemical compound in the brain can weaken the synaptic connections...

·January 12, 2012·3 min read

Brain Region Can Signal Early Stage Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias

Early changes to the inferior frontal junction observed in early dementias A key misplaced yet again? Unable to recall a...

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·January 25, 2012·4 min read

Researchers Induce Alzheimer’s Neurons from Pluripotent Stem Cells

First-ever feat provides new method to understand cause of disease, develop drugs Led by researchers at the University of California,...

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·January 27, 2012·4 min read

Making Memories Last

Stowers researchers discovered that a prion-like protein plays a key role in storing long-term memories. Memories in our brains are...

Featured Genetics

·February 1, 2012·4 min read

Same Genes Linked to Early- and Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

The same gene mutations linked to inherited, early-onset Alzheimer’s disease have been found in people with the more common late-onset...

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