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·April 16, 2018·4 min read

Brain Activity Study Offers Potential Insight into Alzheimer’s Disease

A new study may provide key insights into the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers report people with higher levels of amyloid beta showed less activity in brain areas associated with working memory when engaged in cognitively demanding tasks.

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·April 14, 2018·5 min read

Alzheimer’s Plaque Affects Different Brain Cells Differently

Alzheimer's linked protein, amyloid beta, appears to do very little harm to glial cells, at least in fruit flies, researchers report.

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·April 13, 2018·3 min read

Lack of Sleep May Be Linked to Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s

A new study reveals sleep deprivation can lead to an immediate increase in amyloid beta.

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·April 9, 2018·3 min read

Overlapping Mechanisms in HIV Cognitive Disorders and Alzheimer’s

A new Journal of Neuroscience study reports elevated levels of BACE1, an enzyme associated with neuronal damage in Alzheimer's disease, were identified in postmortem brain samples of those with HIV.

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·April 9, 2018·5 min read

Researchers Fix Genetic Risk Factor of Alzheimer’s in Human Brain Cells

Researchers report they have successfully erased damage caused by Apoe4 in Alzheimer's patients by altering the gene into a harmless Apoe3-like version.

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·April 6, 2018·4 min read

New Blood Test Useful to Detect Those at Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s

Researchers have developed a new blood test capable of detecting biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease long before the first symptoms appear.

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·February 27, 2018·4 min read

The Onset of Alzheimer’s:The Importance of Family History

Researchers report the closer a person gets to the age their parents started to develop Alzheimer's symptoms, the more likely they are to have amyloid plaques.

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·February 19, 2018·7 min read

Data Detectives Shift Suspicions in Alzheimer’s from Usual Suspect to Inside Villain

A new data analysis study sheds light on possible causes of Alzheimer's disease.

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·February 15, 2018·4 min read

Amyloid Protein Transmission Through Neurosurgery

Researchers report, in a number of cases, amyloid beta pathology may have been transmitted by contaminated instruments used in neurosurgeries up to three decades previously.

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·February 15, 2018·5 min read

Poor Fitness Linked to Weaker Brain Fiber and Higher Risk of Dementia

UT Southwestern researchers shed light on the link between poor fitness and an increased risk of developing dementia. Researchers report a lower level of fitness is associated with faster deterioration of white matter fibers in the brain. The deterioration can result in cognitive decline and memory problems as a person ages.

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·February 14, 2018·3 min read

Researchers Successfully Reverse Alzheimer’s Disease: Mouse Study

Depleting BACE1 completely reverses the formation of amyloid plaques and improves cognitive function in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease, researchers report.