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Caption: Amyloid plaques are found in the brains of people with Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease.Credit: Juan Gartner A study entitled “SortingNexin 27 Regulates Aβ Production through Modulatingγ-Secretase Activity” published in the online issue of Cell Reports reveals common molecular mechanisms between…

At the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of the Basque Country (Basque – Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea; Spanish – Universidad del Pas Vasco – UPV/EHU) in Leioa, northern Spain, encapsulation techniques are being developed to deliver correctly and effectively certain drugs used to treat neurological diseases. Enara Herran, a researcher…

A recent study revealed the potential of a walnut-enriched diet to benefit brain-health. The animal study was published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and details how a diet including walnuts may have positive effects against Alzheimer’s disease by reducing the risk of contracting the disease, delaying…

Sleeping properly may help prevent neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease, as it is during sleep that the brain cleanses its system of the “waste” it produces, as explained by Jeff Iliff, who led a University of Rochester Medical Center research team at a recent TEDMED conference, in San Francisco. The researcher…

A novel study on the association between herpes simplex virus and Alzheimer’s disease, entitled “Herpes simplex infection and the risk of Alzheimer’s disease-A nested case-control study,” was recently published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia by Prof. Hugo Lövheim, from the Department of Community Medicine…

The electrically charged cells in the nervous system, called neurons, react differently compared to electrical signals at the molecular level, even though they are the same type of cell, according to new research conducted at the University of Missouri. The variability of the neurons, which are responsible for the interpretation and…

A group of experts on Alzheimer’s Disease are contesting the U.S. Government’s pro-active plans to prevent and treat the disease until 2025, as they believe the milestones defined by the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease need to be broadened in scope, increased in scale, and adequately funded in…

A recent study revealed the mechanism to restore the capability of neurons to form new synapses, entitled, “Blocking PirB up-regulates spines and functional synapses to unlock visual cortical plasticity and facilitate recovery from amblyopia,” which was published in Science Translational Medicine by David Bochner and Richard…

An innovative laboratory culture system developed by an international team of investigators led by scientists of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) provides the first clear evidence supporting the hypothesis that deposition of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain is the first step in…

A new study entitled “HSF-1–mediated cytoskeletal integrity determines thermotolerance and life span” published in Science unravels the role of heat shock transcription factor–1 (HSF-1) in aging and associated neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s. Heat shock proteins (HSP) are a group of proteins induced by heat…