Research Brief: J&J to Buy Elan’s Aβ Immunotherapy Program
Elan’s Alzheimer immunotherapy program (AIP) has gotten a booster...
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Elan’s Alzheimer immunotherapy program (AIP) has gotten a booster...
Dealing with trash poses a constant challenge not only for municipalities but also for neurons, where specialized organelles called lysosomes take on the task...
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) enhances neurogenesis and neurite outgrowth in transgenic mice with naturally elevated levels of the compound...
Though the amyloid-β protein has been widely implicated in AD pathogenesis, proof for how it might trigger such devastation at a molecular level has been hard to come by...
People who complain of troubling memory lapses but show no impairment in standard memory tests may take some solace from a recent European study...
Giving Alzheimer mice a three-week regimen of Viagra (sildenafil) sharpens their memories and lessens the load of amyloid-β (Aβ) in their brains...
The health of neurons depends on a steady supply of trophic factors including nerve growth factor (NGF)...
Though it remains a prime pathological hallmark of Alzheimer disease, Aβ amyloid has yet to convincingly prove itself as the major toxic species driving AD...
The simple act of opening an e-mail or saying “I love you” is out of reach for many people paralyzed by accident or disease, but 40 of them could get the chance to try out brain-computer interfaces...
The mutant protein that causes Huntington disease blocks axonal traffic by putting the molecular equivalent of the wheel-locking “boot” on motor proteins...
It’s enough to make a doctor’s head ache—antithrombotic drugs may protect people from stroke or heart attack, but the same medications may also increase risk of cerebral microbleeds...
Used largely as a last-ditch option for taming unruly motor symptoms in some PD patients, deep brain stimulation (DBS) might hold potential for treating dementia as well...
A new study strengthens the idea that Reelin, an extracellular matrix protein essential for brain development, works, at least in part, by binding APP...
Paris: Diabetes, Insulin, and Alzheimer Disease Ipsen Colloquium on Alzheimer’s Disease 2009
The mechanisms linking insulin to neurodegeneration were examined at the Fondation IPSEN 24th annual colloquium on Alzheimer’s Disease, held in Paris on 6 April 2009...