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Researchers find new target for Alzheimer's therapies
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The protein medin is deposited in the blood vessels of the brains of Alzheimer's patients along with the protein amyloid-b. Researchers from DZNE have discovered this so-called co-aggregation. They have now published their observation in the renowned journal Nature. "Medin has been known for
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Researchers discover new method to map cholesterol metabolism in brain
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A team of researchers led by Swansea University have developed new technology to monitor cholesterol in brain tissue which could uncover its relation to neurodegenerative disease and pave the way for the development of new treatments.
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Study reveals connection between brain protein, movement disorder in child
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Reseachers revealed about the process of inherited movement and neurodegenerative disorder known as ARSACS - Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay.
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Cellular housekeeping process implicated in fatal neurological disorder Hu
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Huntington's disease, a fatal, inherited neurodegenerative condition, is caused by a genetic error present at birth, though its symptoms often don't begin until middle adulthood. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been trying to understand how the ageing
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Study sheds light on new clues into a serious neurodegenerative disease
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Dementia encompasses a range of neurodegenerative conditions that lead to memory loss and cognitive deficiencies and affect some 55 million people worldwide. Yet despite its prevalence, there are few effective treatments, in part because scientists still don't understand how exactly dementia
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Study suggests new approach to block nerve loss in neurodegenerative disea
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers revealed how the molecule, called SARM1 triggers axon death that underlies the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
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Study reveals how stress response in cells can slow down ageing, promote l
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Singapore, October 19 (ANI): Researchers discovered that turning on stress response in cells at a post-reproductive age could be the key to slowing ageing and promoting longevity.
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Study reveals process of how Parkinson's disease spreads in brain
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 21 (ANI): According to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers, aggregates of the protein alpha-synuclein spread in the brains of people with Parkinson's disease via a cellular waste-ejection process.
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Repeated infections associated with increased risk of some neurodegenerati
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 16 (ANI): Infections treated with speciality hospital care in early and mid-life are associated with an increased subsequent risk of Alzheimer's (AD) and Parkinson's diseases (PD), but not amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a new study.
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Researchers find novel method for treating neurological disorders in patie
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 11 (ANI): Researchers at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine, and other organisations have successfully reversed the effects of several lethal inherited neurodegenerative diseases known as lysosom
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Researchers discover new way to reverse effects of neurological disease in
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 9 (ANI): Scientists at Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), and other institutions have reversed the effects of several life-threatening inherited neurodegenerative diseases known as lysosomal st
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Dementia risk in dogs increases with each passing year of life: Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 28 (ANI): Each additional year of life increases the relative chance of getting the neurodegenerative illness Canine Cognitive Dysfunction (CCD) by more than 50 per cent in dogs older than ten years, and the risk of developing CCD is nearly 6.5 times larger in inactiv
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