September 30, 2024 by Carole Tanzer Miller A synthetic form of the active ingredient in cannabis helps reduce agitation in people with Alzheimer’s, new research shows. Synthetic THC (dronabinol) also gave patients’ caregivers a boost, according to findings presented at a meeting of the International Psychogeriatrics Association in Buenos Aires. The findings may provide encouragement...
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Tau-PET : a window into the future of Alzheimer’s patients
UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE IMAGE: TAU IMAGING WITH 18F-FLORTAUCIPIR PET IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. THE FIGURE SHOWS A PROTOTYPICAL TAU ACCUMULATION PATTERN, OBTAINED BY COMPARING TAU LOAD OF PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE VS HEALTHY CONTROLS. THE BLUE-TO-WHITE COLOR SCALE INDICATES MORE PRONOUNCED TAU LOADS, WITH PINK-WHITE AREAS REPRESENTING THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATION. CREDIT: © UNIGE Alzheimer’s...
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Breakthrough COVID infections more likely in cancer and Alzheimer’s patients, studies find
by Case Western Reserve University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Breakthrough COVID-19 cases resulting in infections, hospitalizations and deaths are significantly more likely in cancer and Alzheimer’s patients, according to two new studies from researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. People within these diseases are often more susceptible to infection in general,...
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Loss of neurons, not lack of sleep, makes Alzheimer’s patients drowsy
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO The lethargy that many Alzheimer’s patients experience is caused not by a lack of sleep, but rather by the degeneration of a type of neuron that keeps us awake, according to a study that also confirms the tau protein is behind that neurodegeneration. The study’s findings contradict the common...
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Unusual copper and iron found forming in brains of Alzheimer’s patients
by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress X-ray spectromicroscopy on beamline I08 at the Diamond Light Source (UK). Credit: Neil Telling and James Everett A team of researchers associated with several institutions in the U.K., Germany, and the U.S. has found evidence of an unusual kind of copper and iron in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. In...
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Researchers discover a mechanism that reduces blood vessels in Alzheimer’s patients
by University of Seville Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the Biomedicine Institute of Seville (IBiS) have discovered a new mechanism of Alzheimer’s disease that disorganizes the blood vessels around amyloid plaques, one of the characteristic features of the disease. The study, published in the international journal Nature Communications, was led by the laboratory of Dr. Alberto Pascual,...
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Central trafficking compartment in neurons malfunctions in majority of Alzheimer’s patients
by Columbia University Irving Medical Center Diagram of the brain of a person with Alzheimer’s Disease. Credit: Wikipedia/public domain. Decades before the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s appear, the brain’s neurons start secreting tau proteins, one of the first changes known to occur in the course of the disease. High levels of secreted forms of tau—which can...