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Research shows new guidelines set to standardize swallowing fluoroscopy
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): Swallowing fluoroscopy is the most common diagnostic test for patients with swallowing problems caused by conditions such as stroke, head and neck cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, or prolonged intubation. In spite of its widespread use, there wasn't any stan
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Research shows women have more brain changes after menopause
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): Postmenopausal women may have more brain biomarkers called white matter hyperintensities than premenopausal women or men of the same age, according to a new study funded by the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases.
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Protecting the brain from dementia by inducing abnormal protein aggregates
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 2 (ANI): Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are defined by the pathogenic accumulation of toxic proteins in the brain. Now, however, scientists have established that the p62 protein, which is involved in cellular protein degradation, can prevent
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KnowDis and IIT Delhi collaboration to accelerate drug discovery using AI
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI/PNN): The Machine Learning team at KnowDis & IIT-Delhi's Department of Chemical Engineering have joined hands to solve a critical problem of drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. This collaborat
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Research suggests brain cell insight might lead to new treatments for neur
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): New research might help scientists locate immature cells in the central nervous system that can shed light on the causes of neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis and autoimmune disease that affects the brain and nervous system. Further, it can ev
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New study finds better treatment for Parkinson's disease
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], February 21 (ANI): Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease wherein dopaminergic neurons progressively die in the brainstem. Tremor and difficulties in walking are the most commonly recognizable symptoms for people suffering from Parkinson. Although there is n
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Higher consumption of olive oil linked to lower risk of deaths caused by c
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 30 (ANI): A recent study has found that intake of more than seven grams of olive oil per day is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease mortality, cancer mortality, neurodegenerative disease mortality and respiratory disease mortality.
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Will there be a cure for Parkinson's disease?
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bath [UK], December 10 (ANI): A team of scientists at the University of Bath have refined a molecule that shows promise in preventing Parkinson's disease. It has the potential to develop into a drug to treat the deadly neurodegenerative disease.
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Abnormal response to cellular stress associated with Huntington's disease
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US] June 24 (ANI): During a new University of California, Irvine-led study, researchers found that the persistence of a marker of chronic cellular stress, previously associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia
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Scientists find mechanism linking neurodegenerative diseases with traumati
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): According to a recent study on fruit flies, and rat and human brain tissue, scientists have revealed a potential mechanism for how traumatic brain injury leads to neurodegenerative diseases.
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Study sheds light on role of sleep-related brain activity in preventing Al
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], June 2 (ANI): The evidence of sleep-dependent low-frequency (<0.1 Hz) global brain activity in the clearance of Alzheimer's disease-related toxin buildup, has been discovered by a team of researchers from The Pennsylvania State University.
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Scientists identify mechanism linking traumatic brain injury to neurodegen
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): Scientists have revealed a potential mechanism for how traumatic brain injury leads to neurodegenerative diseases, according to a study in fruit flies, and rat and human brain tissue, published in the journal eLife.
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