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"Air pollution doesn't just damage lungs, it also increases risk of dement
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Along with lung diseases, air pollution can also cause dementia in an individual, Neurologist Dr. (Col) Joy Dev Mukherji said in an exclusive interview with ANI.
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IIT Guwahati's novel algorithm helps code brain networks
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, seem to have developed a novel algorithm, Unique Brain Network Identification Number (UBNIN), designed to encode the intricate brain networks of healthy humans and patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).
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Study identifies similarity between deficiency in vitamin B12, multiple sc
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Scientists have been observing for decades an intriguing resemblance between multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic disease where the immune system of the body attacks the central nervous system (CNS) and can cause neurodegeneration, and a deficiency in vitamin B12, an essential nutrient that su
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Researchers find obesity associated with neurodegeneration via insulin res
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in the United States, led by Mroj Alassaf, have established a relationship between obesity and neurodegenerative illnesses like as Alzheimer's disease.
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Obesity linked to neurodegeneration through insulin resistance, find resea
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in the United States, led by Mroj Alassaf, have established a relationship between obesity and neurodegenerative illnesses like as Alzheimer's disease. The study, which used the common fruit fly, found that a high-sugar diet -- a hall
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How brain cells are starved of energy in autophagy dysfunction: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to new research, neurodegeneration in brain cells may occur when the normal cellular cleansing mechanism failed owing to declining levels of a coenzyme related to niacin and deprives cells of energy.
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Social isolation enhances dementia risk factors: Study
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Social lifestyle determinants, including social isolation, are associated with neurodegeneration risk factors, according to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kimia Shafighi of McGill University, Canada, and colleagues.
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Research reveals link between obesity-related neurodegeneration and Alzhei
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A recent study found a link between neurodegeneration in obese persons and Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, implying that decreasing weight could reduce cognitive decline and lower the incidence of AD.
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Research reveals link between obesity-related neurodegeneration, Alzheimer
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A recent study found a link between neurodegeneration in obese persons and Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, implying that decreasing weight could reduce cognitive decline and lower the incidence of AD.
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Social isolation linked to dementia risk factors: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kimia Shafighi of McGill University in Canada and colleagues, social lifestyle determinants, including social isolation, are associated with neurodegeneration risk factors.
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Study reveals probiotic bacterium prevents neurodegeneration
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus HA-114, a probiotic bacterium, protects neurons in the C. elegans worm, an animal model used to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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New biomarker test can identify Alzheimer's neurodegeneration in blood: St
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A team of neuroscientists led by a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researcher developed a blood test to detect a new marker of Alzheimer's disease neurodegeneration.
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