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Gender Differences in Parkinson’s Disease

Neuroscience NewsJune 16, 2018

Not only do women appear to be better protected against the effects of Parkinson's disease, a new study reveals a gender specific pathology exists in women with the disease as soon as the symptoms appear.... Read More...

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Is There a Link Between Diabetes and Parkinson’s?

Neuroscience NewsJune 15, 2018

According to researchers, people with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease later in life. The study reports the risk may be higher for younger people and those with complications related to diabetes.... Read More...

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Hypertension May Cause Dementia

Neuroscience NewsJune 13, 2018

An MRI study reveals neuroimaging can detect early signs of neurological damage in people with hypertension before symptoms of dementia occur.... Read More...

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New Mechanism by Which Alzheimer’s Spreads Through the Brain

Neuroscience NewsJune 13, 2018

According to researchers, exosomes can transport toxic aggregates of amyloid beta to new neurons in the brain.... Read More...

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Molecular Mechanisms of Parkinson’s Disease Unraveled

Neuroscience NewsJune 12, 2018

In Parkinson's disease, alpha synuclein clumps move to and damage mitochondrial proteins, making them less efficient and causing the mitochondrial to burst, leaking out chemicals that tell the cells to die, researchers say.... Read More...

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Smoking and Diabetes Linked to Brain Calcifications

Neuroscience NewsJune 12, 2018

Researchers report people who are diabetic or who smoke are more likely to have calcification in the hippocampus. The study hypothesized hippocampal calcification may contribute to cognitive deterioration and brain atrophy.... Read More...

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A Typical Communication Pattern of People with Alzheimer’s

Neuroscience NewsJune 6, 2018

Researchers provide a statistical analysis of 'saving appearance responses' in patients with dementia. The study reveals the SAR responses are particularly common in those with Alzheimer's disease.... Read More...

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Seeking New Answers to Alzheimer’s Cause

Neuroscience NewsJune 6, 2018

Researchers implicate presenilin and GSK-3b in the development of Alzheimer's disease.... Read More...

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First Artificial Human Prion Created

Neuroscience NewsJune 6, 2018

Researchers have successfully created a synthetic version of a human prion, a protein associated with brain wasting diseases like sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The prions may help shed new light on, and provide treatment options, for those with CJD and other prion related diseases.... Read More...

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How Does Alcohol Influence Alzheimer’s Development?

Neuroscience NewsJune 4, 2018

A new study reports alcohol may impede the clearance of amyloid beta, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease, in the brain.... Read More...

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Goodbye “Stress Granules”

Neuroscience NewsJune 3, 2018

Researchers shed light on how stress granules, enzymes linked to a range of neurodegenerative diseases, are formed and how they can be reduced.... Read More...

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Immunosuppresant Drugs May Protect Against Parkinson’s

Neuroscience NewsMay 31, 2018

People who take immunosuppressant medications are less likely to develop Parkinson's disease, a new study reveals.... Read More...

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neurodegenerative diseases

Gender Differences in Parkinson’s Disease

Is There a Link Between Diabetes and Parkinson’s?

Hypertension May Cause Dementia

New Mechanism by Which Alzheimer’s Spreads Through the Brain

Molecular Mechanisms of Parkinson’s Disease Unraveled

Smoking and Diabetes Linked to Brain Calcifications

A Typical Communication Pattern of People with Alzheimer’s

Seeking New Answers to Alzheimer’s Cause

First Artificial Human Prion Created

How Does Alcohol Influence Alzheimer’s Development?

Goodbye “Stress Granules”

Immunosuppresant Drugs May Protect Against Parkinson’s