Posts Tagged ‘neurodegenerative diseases’
Tease the brain. It may lower Alzheimer’s risk
UC BERKELEY (US) — Brain-stimulating habits over a lifetime are linked to lower levels of a key Alzheimer’s protein, new research shows. Continue…
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 12:09 - 2 Comments
Health & Medicine - Nov 22, 2011 11:57 - 0 Comments
Worms stop and go with human-like circuits
U. MICHIGAN (US) — The strategies used by the tiny C. elegans roundworm to control its motions are remarkably similar to those used by the human brain to command movement of eyes, arms, and legs. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 14, 2011 12:35 - 1 Comment
Mutant worms may tag Parkinson’s drugs
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Dopamine-deficient worms with a motor switching problem may help identify drugs that will benefit people with Parkinson’s disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 10, 2011 14:52 - 1 Comment
Brain feedback may ease Parkinson’s
CARDIFF (UK) — People experiencing the early signs of Parkinson’s disease could see their symptoms improved through a process of regulating and re-training how their brains respond to certain activities and actions. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 20, 2011 12:00 - 0 Comments
Protein slows brain atrophy in mice
NORTHWESTERN (US) — A protein that promotes the growth of neurons and blood vessels may halt the spread of a brain disease that ravages the cerebellum. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 17, 2011 11:27 - 0 Comments
Brain receptors targeted for Alzheimer’s drug
U. BUFFALO (US) — A tiny piece of a critical receptor that fuels the brain shows promise as a new drug target for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 26, 2011 9:19 - 0 Comments
Technology ‘reads mind’ to make movies
UC BERKELEY (US) — Researchers decoded the brain signals of people as they watched movie trailers, and replayed those thoughts as movies. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 12, 2011 11:51 - 0 Comments
‘Power plants’ in cells linked to disease
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Close contact between mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum may be linked to a variety of degenerative diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 24, 2011 9:52 - 2 Comments
Cause of Lou Gehrig’s disease found
NORTHWESTERN U. (US) — Scientists have identified a common cause for all forms of ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease), a fatal neurodegenerative disease that paralyzes its victims. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 12, 2011 14:55 - 0 Comments
Molecules go to sleep to save power
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — To conserve cellular fuel, tiny protein motors that transport vital cargo around a cell are able to put themselves into energy save mode to control what is moved and when. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 18, 2011 16:05 - 0 Comments
Bilingual neurons “speak” in sync
MCGILL (CAN) (US) — Single neurons are able to communicate in more than one “language” at a time to exchange information, a finding that may lead to better understanding of brain function and neural disease. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 1, 2011 12:40 - 0 Comments
Nanotool mimics moth antenna
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Inspired by the structure of the silk moth’s antenna, researchers have built a better nanopore. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 23, 2011 17:39 - 1 Comment
Protein wangles recruits to do dirty work
STANFORD (US) — A mutant misfolded protein is successful at causing neurodegenerative diseases by moving from cell to cell, corrupting normal proteins into joining its crusade. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 24, 2011 15:06 - 1 Comment
Molecule stops brain cells from dying
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — A molecule shown to be in short supply in people with Alzheimer’s disease can make brain cells resistant to programmed cell death or apoptosis, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 30, 2010 11:06 - 0 Comments
Shuttle keeps cells from going cannibal
U. PENN (US)—Researchers have described a previously unknown biological mechanism in cells that prevents them from consuming themselves for fuel. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 8, 2010 12:05 - 12 Comments
Glaucoma’s blindness starts in the brain
VANDERBILT (US)—The first sign of injury in glaucoma occurs in the brain, not the eye as previously thought. A new study shows glaucoma is very much like other central nervous system diseases. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 28, 2009 19:36 - 7 Comments
Bad driving may be in the genes
UC IRVINE (US)—Bad drivers may in part have their genes to blame. A recent study found that people with a particular gene variant performed more than 20 percent worse on a driving test than people without it—and a follow-up test a few days later yielded similar results. About 30 percent of Americans have the variant. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 22, 2009 13:23 - 4 Comments
Compound appears to slow ALS progression
U. ROCHESTER (US)—A chemical cousin of a drug currently used to treat sepsis dramatically slows the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, in mice. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 6, 2009 17:00 - 2 Comments
‘Mad-cow’ proteins differ unexpectedly
VANDERBILT (US)—The first direct information about the molecular structure of prions, the infectious proteins responsible for “mad cow” disease, reveals surprisingly large structural differences between natural prions and the closest synthetic analogs created in the lab. (more…)
