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New Tests Identify Early Changes in Alzheimer’s Disease Before Symptoms Appear

Dec. 1, 2020 — Researchers have found new forms of tau protein that become abnormal in the very early stages of Alzheimer's disease before ...

Drug Reverses Age-Related Mental Decline Within Days, Mouse Study Shows

Dec. 1, 2020 — Just a few doses of an experimental drug can reverse age-related declines in memory and mental flexibility in mice, according to a new study. The drug, called ISRIB, has already been shown in ...

Forest Fires, Cars, Power Plants Join List of Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease

Nov. 30, 2020 — A new study has found that among older Americans with cognitive impairment, the greater the air pollution in their neighborhood, the higher the ...

Commonly Used Antibiotic Shows Promise for Combating Zika Infections

Nov. 24, 2020 — Researchers used a variety of advanced drug screening techniques to test out more than 10,000 compounds in search of a cure. To their surprise, they found that the widely used antibiotic methacycline ...

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Novel Mechanisms That Cause Protein Clumping in Brain Diseases

Dec. 1, 2020 — A team of researchers has taken a major step toward understanding the mechanisms involved in the formation of large clumps of tau protein, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease and several other ...

Older Adults With Dementia Exhibit Financial 'Symptoms' Up to Six Years Before Diagnosis

Nov. 30, 2020 — A new study found that Medicare beneficiaries who go on to be diagnosed with dementia are more likely to miss payments on bills as early as six years ...

Anxiety Associated With Faster Alzheimer's Disease Onset

Nov. 24, 2020 — Anxiety is associated with an increased rate of progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease, according to a new ...

Team Uses Copper to Image Alzheimer's Aggregates in the Brain

Nov. 24, 2020 — A proof-of-concept study conducted in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease offers new evidence that copper isotopes can be used to detect the amyloid-beta protein deposits that form in the brains of ...

Early, Late Stages of Degenerative Diseases Are Distinct

Nov. 23, 2020 — Biochemists have proposed that degenerative diseases as varied as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and muscle atrophy occur in two distinct phases marked by protein signaling changes that could result in ...

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Memories Create 'Fingerprints' That Reveal How the Brain Is Organized

Nov. 20, 2020 — While the broad architecture and organization of the human brain is universal, new research shows how the differences between how people reimagine common scenarios can be ...

Does Air Pollution Increase Women's Risk of Dementia?

Nov. 18, 2020 — Older women who live in locations with higher levels of air pollution may have more brain shrinkage, the kind seen in Alzheimer's disease, than women who live in locations with lower levels, ...

Alzheimer's Disease Drug May Help Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance

Nov. 18, 2020 — An experimental Alzheimer's disease treatment is proving effective at treating some of the most persistent, life-threatening antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Researchers have discovered that the drug ...

Parasite Infection Discovery Could Assist Mental Health Treatments

Nov. 16, 2020 — New research into how a common parasite infection alters human behavior could help development of treatments for schizophrenia and other neurological disorders. T. gondii currently infects 2.5 ...