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Beta-arrestin-2 increases neurotoxic tau driving frontotemporal dementia

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 17, 2020

The protein beta-arrestin-2 increases tau tangle accumulation in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia but interfering with the removal of excess tau from the brain.... Read More...

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Inflammation a “game changer” as cellular death dance discovered

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 15, 2020

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

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Alzheimer’s Drug May Stop Disease If Used Before Symptoms Appear

Neuroscience NewsAugust 1, 2018

Researchers report memantine, an FDA approved drug, may not only alleviate symptoms of mild Alzheimer's disease, but could also prevent progression of the disease if used before symptoms appear. ... Read More...

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Traffic Jams in the Brain

Neuroscience NewsJuly 26, 2018

A new study reports disrupted transportation routes in nerve cells are a significant cause of Parkinson's disease.... Read More...

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New Mechanism to Explain the Spread of Alzheimer’s Discovered

Neuroscience NewsJune 28, 2018

Researchers report exosomes help neuron-to-neuron growth and the transfer of oligomer amyloid beta, resulting in apoptosis. The study reveals exosomes may be a primary mediator of the pathogenic progression of Alzheimer's disease.... Read More...

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Overlapping Mechanisms in HIV Cognitive Disorders and Alzheimer’s

Neuroscience NewsApril 9, 2018

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.... Read More...

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Binding Sites on Amyloid Beta Peptide Discovered

Neuroscience NewsOctober 19, 2017

Researchers have invented a probe that lights up when it binds to a misfolded amyloid peptide. ... Read More...

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How Green Tea Extract Could Help Protect Against Alzheimer’s

Neuroscience NewsOctober 11, 2017

Researchers reveal a compound in green tea extract may help protect the brain against cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's by coating toxic oligomers.... Read More...

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Promising Discovery For A Non-Invasive Early Detection of Alzheimer’s

Neuroscience NewsDecember 22, 2016

A new paper details a technology that can detect pathological oligomeric forms of tau in Alzheimer's patients through human blood platelets.... Read More...

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New Imaging Technique Measures Toxicity of Proteins Associated With Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases

Neuroscience NewsNovember 23, 2016

Researchers have developed a new imaging technique that makes it possible to study why proteins associated with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases may go from harmless to toxic. ... Read More...

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Computer Simulations Explore How Alzheimer’s Starts

Neuroscience NewsOctober 3, 2016

A new study reports a computer simulation has been able to explore the initial steps of the molecular processes that lead to Alzheimer's disease.... Read More...

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New Clues to Toxic Forms of Amyloid Beta in Alzheimer’s

Neuroscience NewsJune 10, 2016

Researchers made a subtle alteration to the amyloid beta protein. The change affect its aggregation behavior and stabilizes an intermediate form with enhanced toxicity.... Read More...

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Beta-arrestin-2 increases neurotoxic tau driving frontotemporal dementia

Inflammation a “game changer” as cellular death dance discovered

Alzheimer’s Drug May Stop Disease If Used Before Symptoms Appear

Traffic Jams in the Brain

New Mechanism to Explain the Spread of Alzheimer’s Discovered

Overlapping Mechanisms in HIV Cognitive Disorders and Alzheimer’s

Binding Sites on Amyloid Beta Peptide Discovered

How Green Tea Extract Could Help Protect Against Alzheimer’s

Promising Discovery For A Non-Invasive Early Detection of Alzheimer’s

New Imaging Technique Measures Toxicity of Proteins Associated With Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases

Computer Simulations Explore How Alzheimer’s Starts

New Clues to Toxic Forms of Amyloid Beta in Alzheimer’s