More AD Genetics—A Familial Hit from the ADAMs Family
Genomewide association studies reported by two groups converged on three hits for sporadic Alzheimer disease (AD), ApoJ, CR1, and PICALM...
6397 RESULTS
Sort By:
Genomewide association studies reported by two groups converged on three hits for sporadic Alzheimer disease (AD), ApoJ, CR1, and PICALM...
Aggregates of α-synuclein are the principal component of Lewy bodies, neuronal inclusions found in Parkinson and other neurodegenerative diseases...
In the case of axonal transport, it may not be about who wins the race, but what’s carried to the finish line...
Synchrony and uniformity tend to characterize line dancers, but they may elude neurons when LINE-1 (long interspersed element 1) retrotransposons take the stage...
The theme “don’t go whole hog” might come to mind for those who check out two recent papers suggesting potential therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer disease...
Scientists continue to sound out new strategies for re-establishing broken neural connections and for protecting injured spinal cords from further damage...
Presenilin mutations cause familial Alzheimer disease, but just how they do their damage is not understood...
Uppsala: Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Take Center Stage Uppsala: Brainstorming Biomarkers Uppsala University, Sweden, played host to “Neurodegenerative Disorders—Immunotherapy and Biomarkers,” an international conference held 28-29 May 2009, and organized
A variety of approaches are beginning to home in on Aβ oligomers as drug targets, and some of them were showcased at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease...
Whether Aβ amyloid portends future dementia isn’t so clear, but a report in the July 30 Neuron puts meat and bones on the hunch that it does...
Biomarkers were top of the agenda on the second day of Neurodegenerative Disorders—Immunotherapy and Biomarkers...
The ICAD featured that the interest in small Aβ aggregates has branched out far beyond the initial debates about whether they even exist and which forms are important...
The motor neurons and surrounding cells damaged in ALS cry out for assistance, and scientists are developing ways to home in on that need with growth factors that slow the degeneration process...
Anesthesia is meant to induce a temporary fog, lifting as soon as the drugs wear off. But for some, the effects linger, with delirium or confusion for days or weeks following surgery...
This story presents an update from this year's ICAD conference, together with an extended Q&A with the developer of RemberTM, Claude Wischik...
No filters selected