In a new study, researchers found that a person’s sleeping habits can predict the accumulation of Alzheimer’s pathology protein in the brain later in life. A team from the University of California, Berkeley linked decrease in slow oscillations and sleep spindle synchronization on electroencephalogram (EEG) to higher tau. Meanwhile, reduced slow-wave-activity amplitude was associated with...
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Memory-preserving particles could form part of an Alzheimer’s vaccine puzzle
Alzheimer’s is a disease with a number of potential causes and therefore a number of potential targets for prevention. One of those centers on a protein call tau, which can gather in long tangles that kill off neurons in the brain. Scientists have developed what they describe as a vaccine to keep the brain clear of these dangerous...
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What helps prevent dementia? Try exercise, not vitamin pills
by Marilynn Marchione If you want to save your brain, focus on keeping the rest of your body well with exercise and healthy habits rather than popping vitamin pills, new guidelines for preventing dementia advise. About 50 million people currently have dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type. Each year brings 10 million new cases, says the report released Tuesday...
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Here’s how to prevent dementia, according to new world health guidelines
Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY USA TODAY sat down with Ruth Drew of the Alzheimer’s Association to discuss family conflicts due to caring for a relative with dementia. USA TODAY Eat well, exercise often and don’t take some of those vitamins, the World Health Organization said in newly released guidelines on how to reduce risk of dementia. With dementia already affecting 50...
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Clinical trial explores opening blood-brain barrier in fight against Alzheimer’s
by Ohio State University Medical Center A new clinical trial at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and two other sites is testing an innovative procedure that may provide hope in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. The non-invasive procedure uses low-intensity focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier, a protective layer that protects the brain from infections or pathogens in the blood. However, this barrier also makes it nearly impossible to...
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Why visual stimulation may work against Alzheimer’s
Several years ago, MIT neuroscientists showed that they could dramatically reduce the amyloid plaques seen Alzheimer’sdisease in mice simply by exposing the animals to light flickering at a specific frequency. In a new study, the researchers have found that this treatment has widespread effects at the cellular level, and it helps not just neurons but also...
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Patent issued to device with potential to detect early symptoms of Alzheimer’s, cognitive impairment
by Renee Kelly, University of Maine The University of Maine was recently issued a patent, US 10,244,977, for a device that detects brain injury by measuring sleep movement patterns. This technology will be licensed by Activas Diagnostics, a UMaine spin-off company. The invention is a fitted mattress sheet equipped with more than a dozen sensors that will allow it to gather...
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Alzheimer’s in minibrains
by Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum In the majority of cases, dementia can be traced back to Alzheimer’s disease. Its causes are not really understood yet. What is known is that plaques form from misfolded proteins and that there is an increase in neuronal cell death levels in the brain. However, the plaques don’t necessarily go hand in hand with any...
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Thiazide diuretics reduced the risk of fractures in people with Alzheimer’s disease
UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND The use of thiazide diuretics was associated with a decreased risk of low energy fractures in people with Alzheimer’s disease, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. The association was found in long-term use exceeding three years; however, shorter term use did not reduce the risk of fractures. Thiazides are typically prescribed to treat hypertension. The results were published in Osteoporosis International. Hip...
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Researchers discover hidden differences between pathology of CTE and Alzheimer’s disease
IMAGE: THESE IMAGES HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCES FOUND IN THE TAU FOLDS ASSOCIATED WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY, OR CTE. THEY ALSO SHOW AN UNIDENTIFIED ELEMENT FOUND IN CTE THAT… view more CREDIT: INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE INDIANAPOLIS — An international team of scientists at Indiana University School of Medicine, University of Kansas and the U.K. Medical Research Council...