A simple methodology for capturing proteins implicated in the development of Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions has been developed by researchers at the University of Bradford and University of Dundee. The new methodology involves easily trapping proteins that bear a specific modification that can provide potential markers for conditions. The specific modification is based on...
Category: <span>Mental health</span>
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New discovery in MND and dementia could pave the way to novel treatments
New discovery in motor neurone disease and dementia could pave the way to novel treatments A new discovery by scientists at the University of Sheffield could help slow down the progression of neurodegenerative diseases such as motor neurone disease (MND), dementia and neurological decline associated with ageing. Researchers have identified that tuning up the activity...
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How to use music as a cure: Therapist reveals playlists to treat 7 health issues, from anxiety to memory loss
Dr Stella Compton-Dickinson is a UK-based music therapist Here, she explains how music affects our mood and is used in psychotherapy Whether it’s heartbreak or celebration, we instinctively use music to change or deepen the ways we’re feeling and that’s why music can be used in psychotherapy and for self-help. The art lies in finding...
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Listening to music while learning a physical task can boost your brain power by changing its structure
Scottish research looked at people who practised movement to music They showed more ‘structural connectivity’ on the right side of the brain There was more connectivity between regions that process sound and control Researchers hopes that future studies will determine whether music can help with special kinds of motor rehabilitation programmes, such as after a...
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New clues about the link between poor sleep and Alzheimer’s
Researchers may help explain why why poor sleep in middle age has been linked to a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers may have pinpointed the reason why poor sleep has been linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The new study found that just one night of sleep disruption led to an increase in a...
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Drug reverses memory failure caused by traumatic brain injury
In an unprecedented finding, UC San Francisco scientists used an experimental drug to completely reverse severe learning and memory impairments caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI) in mice. Surprisingly, the drug fully restored the ability to learn and remember in the brain-injured mice even when the animals were first treated as much as a month...
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People with Parkinson’s should be monitored for melanoma, study finds
People with the movement disorder Parkinson’s disease have a much higher risk of the skin cancer melanoma, and vice versa, a Mayo Clinic study finds. While further research is needed into the connection, physicians treating one disease should be vigilant for signs of the other and counsel those patients about risk, the authors say. The...
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Human enzyme may be key to unraveling Alzheimer’s disease
Protein aggregates are the hallmark of a number of neurodegenerative diseases. New research, published in the journal PLOS Biology, examines a human enzyme that unravels these disruptive plaques. Neurodegenerative diseases already affect millions of people in the United States. They tend to strike in middle to later life, and, because the population is starting to live...
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Autism and developmental coordination disorder have similarities but also sharp differences
UTA researchers are recommending in a new study that children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder should be checked for developmental coordination disorder since the two maladies are linked. In an article published this month in the journal Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Priscila Caçola, an assistant professor of kinesiology; UTA librarian Peace Ossom Williamson and Haylie...
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Cognitive Training Using a Novel Memory Game on an iPad in Patients with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI)
Abstract Background Cognitive training is effective in patients with mild cognitive impairment but does not typically address the motivational deficits associated with older populations with memory difficulties. Methods We conducted a randomized controlled trial of cognitive training using a novel memory game on an iPad in 42 patients with a diagnosis of amnestic mild cognitive...