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Controversy Over Use Of Antipsychotic Drugs For Dementia

Antipsychotic drugs are approved mainly for treating schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but they are also used for many other purposes. One of the most controversial is reducing disruptive behavior among elderly people with dementia. In the last f ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2007 - 11:36am - 0 attachments

Scientists Show Brain Cells Need MicroRNA To Survive

There are lots of things that brain cells need to survive. Add to that list microRNAs. New research from Rockefeller University shows that neurons that cannot produce microRNAs, tiny single strands of RNA that regulate the expression of genes, slowly di ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2007 - 12:12pm - 1 attachment

Simvastatin Reduces Incidence Of Alzheimer’s And Parkinson’s By Almost Half

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that the statin, simvastatin, reduces the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease by almost 50 percent. This is the first study to suggest that statins might reduce ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2007 - 7:40pm - 0 attachments

The Prefrontal Cortex And Food Preference

... new treatment for diseases that affect the memory, such as Alzheimer's disease. Declarative memory is described as a flexible, ... of the most common symptoms found in those suffering from Alzheimer's disease. A useful model from which to learn ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2007 - 11:21am - 1 attachment

Eat Curry, Prevent Alzheimers

Researchers isolated bisdemethoxycurcumin, the active ingredient of curcuminoids – a natural substance found in turmeric root – that may help boost the immune system in clearing amyloid beta, a peptide that forms the plaques found in Alzheimer’s disease ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2007 - 12:54am - 0 attachments

New Gene Mutation Identified In Common Type Of Dementia

Researchers have identified a new gene mutation linked to frontotemporal dementia, according to a study published in the July 10, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Frontotemporal dementia, one form ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2007 - 2:18pm - 0 attachments

Scientists Identify 2 Distinct Parkinson's Networks

The disease that causes tremors, rigidity and slowed movements in a million Americans also targets another brain network that regulates cognitive thought and the ability to carry out everyday tasks. David Eidelberg, MD, head of the Center for Neuro ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 9 2007 - 5:21pm - 0 attachments

Blood Vessel Damage Means 7X Risk Of Alzheimers

A recent study in Journal of Neuroimaging suggests that cognitively normal adults exhibiting atrophy of their temporal lobe or damage to blood vessels in the brain are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Older adults showing signs of both condit ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 8 2007 - 5:14am - 0 attachments

Alzheimer's Role Discovered For Protein That Causes Mad Cow Disease

A role for prion proteins, the much debated agents of mad cow disease and vCJD, has been identified. It appears that the normal prions produced by the body help to prevent the plaques that build up in the brain to cause Alzheimer’s disease. The possible ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2007 - 3:29am - 0 attachments

Declining Sense Of Smell May Predict Alzheimers

Older adults who have difficulty identifying common odors may have a greater risk of developing problems with thinking, learning and memory, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. Mild cognitive impairment—or a de ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2007 - 2:56pm - 0 attachments