Category: Alzheimer’s Disease And Dementia
A protein that’s made in your brain at night helps you remember things, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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NPTX2 is a protein that’s pivotal for helping your brain decide to remember certain things and forget others, and when levels of it decline it suggests that neurodegenerative processes like dementia may be beginning. That’s according to research by Paul …
How do neurodegenerative diseases begin? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Many theories on how brain disorders like Alzheimer’s disease begin point to proteins called amyloid beta and tau as accumulating and disrupting the function of neurons. Research by neuroscientist Paul Worley and colleagues at Johns Hopkins points to declining levels …
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A change in a protein in the brain signals possible neurocognitive disorders, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Accurately predicting who’s at risk to develop Alzheimer’s disease may now be easier, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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NPTX2 is the abbreviation for a protein found in the brain that may allow much more accurate prognosis of who’s at risk for developing neurocognitive disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. That’s according to Johns Hopkins neuroscientist Paul Worley, …
What can proteins in the blood and elsewhere teach us about developing dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports
How much does increased levels of DNA in the blood increase dementia risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Increased cell death, increased levels of DNA in the blood, increased inflammation, and increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease. That appears to be one scenario to explain findings by Johns Hopkins geriatrics expert Peter Abadir on the relationship between circulating cell …