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Epilepsy Drugs Effective for Agitation in AD

For many families caring for an Alzheimer's patient, it is not the memory impairment per se that drives them to place their loved one in a nursing home, so much as the agitation, aggression and even violence that demented patients frequently exhibit...

Potential NGF Drug-Delivery System

Puny polymer pellets show promise as a vehicle for delivering nerve-growth factor (NGF) to the basal forebrain, where the substance could rescue or even regenerate neurons damaged by Alzheimer's disease...

Dopamine Transporter Imaging

A novel brain-imaging agent that binds selectively to dopamine transporter molecules promises to open up a window on the functioning of the brain's dopamine system. Dopamine is one of the brain's major neurotransmitters...

Mitochondria Key to Glutamate Toxicity

Glutamate is a neurotransmitter that is toxic when too much of it is released by excessive neuronal activity or by brain injury. Some researchers have also proposed that glutamate toxicity drives the neurodegeneration...

How NF-κB Derails Apoptosis

A study published in tomorrow's Science provides new details of how the transcription factor NF-κB protects cells from apoptosis. C.-Y. Wang and colleagues report they have identified four genes that are targets of NF-κB activity...

Nature Online

The British science journal Nature announced that it is becoming a "full-fledged" electronic journal beginning with this week's issue (at <a href="http://www.nature.com">http://www.nature.com</a>)...

APP Enhances Mouse Memory

Secreted forms of amyloid precursor protein (APP) may play an important role in the formation and consolidation of memory, according to a study published in today's proceedings of the National Academy of Science...

Soccer Bad for Brain

A study published in last month's Neurology reports that professional soccer players are at significantly higher risk for long-term brain injuries that affect their mental function...

Eat That Spinach!

A diet rich in certain fruits and vegetables is known to protect against cancer and heart disease, and now a new animal study suggests nutrition can also stall the decline of brain function...

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