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... alleviate learning deficits and memory loss in humans with Alzheimer's disease or other neurodegenerative diseases. The results of ... research team has developed and refined a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. In earlier studies, Tsai's group had shown that a protein ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2007 - 1:21pm - 0 attachments

Huntington’s disease, an inherited neurodegenerative disorder that affects roughly 30,000 Americans, is incurable and fatal. But a new discovery about how cells repair their DNA points to a possible way to stop or slow the onset of the disease. The res ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2007 - 12:36pm - 0 attachments

... approach for preserving memory in people suffering from Alzheimer's or other brain injury. "Making a memory is not a conscious ... be used to preserve memory in people suffering from Alzheimer's or other brain injury. We may be able to guide memories into ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 19 2007 - 3:25pm - 0 attachments

On the Shangri-la diet forums, many dieters have reported better sleep. (”Woke up feeling like I could fight tigers. Have not felt this way since 2003. . . . I would stay on this method just for the sleep benefits,” wrote bekel.) To learn how wid ...

Article - Seth Roberts - Apr 17 2007 - 6:34pm - 0 attachments

Do omega-3 fatty acids improve brain function? I blogged earlier that switching from olive oil (low omega-3) to walnut oil (high omega-3) and flaxseed-oil capsules (very high omega-3) caused my sleep, my balance, and maybe my mood to improve. If you ...

Article - Seth Roberts - Apr 17 2007 - 6:32pm - 0 attachments

A type of omega-3 fatty acid may slow the growth of two brain lesions that are hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease, UC Irvine scientists have discovered. The finding suggests that diets rich in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) can help prevent the development o ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2007 - 6:31pm - 0 attachments

People who develop dementia or Alzheimer's disease experience brain structure changes years before any signs ... developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which leads to Alzheimer's disease. Researchers performed brain scans and cognitive ... MCI, and nine of the 23 went on to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The brain scans of the 23 people with memory loss were ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2007 - 11:17am - 0 attachments

Michael Marmor, MD, wanted to know what it was like to see through the eyes of an artist. Literally. After writing two books on the topic of artists and eye disease, the Stanford University School of Medicine ophthalmologist decided to go one step ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2007 - 11:06pm - 0 attachments

... with a certain gene are at higher risk for developing Alzheimer's disease. Now a new study helps explain why this is so. The ... that links the susceptibility gene to the process of Alzheimer's disease onset. The findings appear in the April 11 issue of The ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 11 2007 - 12:49am - 0 attachments

... alter scientists' fundamental understanding of cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other aging-related maladies. George Martin, an ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 27 2007 - 4:59pm - 0 attachments