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·January 28, 2020·3 min read

AI analyzed blood test can predict the progression of neurodegenerative disease

Combining artificial intelligence technology and blood samples, researchers were able to predict and explain the progression of Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease. The new algorithm was able to detect alterations in gene expression over decades from patients' blood samples.

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·January 25, 2020·5 min read

Lithium may halt Alzheimer’s progression

More commonly associated with treating bipolar disorder, microdoses of lithium may halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

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·January 23, 2020·4 min read

Certain personality traits in high school may lower dementia risk five decades later

Your personality traits as a teen may predict your risk of developing dementia 50 years later. Teens who were more energetic and those who were calm had a lower risk of being diagnosed with dementia later in life.

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·January 23, 2020·2 min read

Unexpected connection between gliomas and neurodegenerative diseases

Study finds significant expression of the Alzheimer's related Tau protein in glioma cells, especially in patients with better prognoses.

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·January 23, 2020·4 min read

Living near major roads linked to risk of dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and MS

Living less than 50 meters away from a major road, or less than 150 meters away from a highway, increases the risks for dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis. However, living close to green spaces appears to have more of a protective effect against neurodegenerative diseases.

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·January 22, 2020·5 min read

What it’s like to live without a sense of smell?

Olfactory disturbances have wide-ranging implications for both the mental health and emotional well being of sufferers.

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·January 21, 2020·4 min read

Possible Alzheimer’s breakthrough suggested

A previously unknown gene and associated protein have been linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease. By suppressing the protein, named Aggergatin by the researchers, it may be possible to slow down or prevent the development of the neurodegenerative disease.

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·January 20, 2020·5 min read

Racial disparities in drug prescriptions for dementia

Study reveals racial disparities in access to the correct medications for Alzheimer's patients. Asian and black patients are less likely to be prescribed anti-dementia medications and have an increased likelihood of being prescribed antipsychotic medications.

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·January 20, 2020·3 min read

Human Exposure to Aluminum Linked to Familial Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers found a close association between high aluminum content in brain tissue and amyloid-beta location in post-mortem samples of people with familial Alzheimer's disease. The findings back up previous claims that aluminum exposure may be linked to the development of the neurodegenerative disease.

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·January 16, 2020·3 min read

Antipsychotics associated with increased risk of head & brain injuries in persons with Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer's patients who used antipsychotics had a 29% increased risk of head injury and a 22% higher risk of TBI compared to others with the neurodegenerative disease who did not use the medications.

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·January 16, 2020·4 min read

Are bigger brains better?

Greater hippocampal volume is not always a reliable predictor of learning and memory ability in older adults. Faster learning was only found in older adults who had both greater hippocampal volume and more uniform white matter connections to other parts of the brain.

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·January 15, 2020·3 min read

Inflammation a “game changer” as cellular death dance discovered

TNFR1 receptors arrange themselves into clusters, joining together trimers and making oligomers that create a pro-inflammatory response observed in a variety of diseases.

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Alzheimer’s disease

AI analyzed blood test can predict the progression of neurodegenerative disease

Lithium may halt Alzheimer’s progression

Certain personality traits in high school may lower dementia risk five decades later

Unexpected connection between gliomas and neurodegenerative diseases

Living near major roads linked to risk of dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and MS

What it’s like to live without a sense of smell?

Possible Alzheimer’s breakthrough suggested

Racial disparities in drug prescriptions for dementia

Human Exposure to Aluminum Linked to Familial Alzheimer’s Disease

Antipsychotics associated with increased risk of head & brain injuries in persons with Alzheimer’s disease

Are bigger brains better?

Inflammation a “game changer” as cellular death dance discovered

Decreasing Productivity Can Precede a Dementia Diagnosis by Years

Study Maps the 9 Distinct Types of Procrastinators

AI Chip Mimicking Brain’s Reflex Center Developed

Study Overturns Decades of External Axon Growth Theory

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