A healthy person's brain has thousands, or maybe millions, of times as many synapses - contact points that relay signals from one nerve cell, or …
Category: Alzheimer’s
"Pruning synapses" and other strides in Alzheimer's research
To date, Alzheimer's disease research has largely focused on controlling the brain plaque amyloid beta. But an article in today's San Francisco Chronicle suggests that …
Nobel winner Michael Levitt’s work animates biological processes
Proteins control nearly all of life's functions, but how they self-assemble or fold is an unsolved problem in biology. Understanding how folding goes awry could …
Discussing the brain in Spain: Nobel Laureate Thomas Südhof addresses the media
Stanford's newest Nobel laureate - Thomas Südhof, MD - talked with reporters from around the world during a conference call from Baeza, Spain, earlier today. …
Protein known for initiating immune response may set our brains up for neurodegenerative disorders
A healthy person's brain has thousands (maybe millions) of times as many synapses - contact points that relay signals from one nerve cell to the next …
New tool for reading brain activity of mice could advance study of neurodegenerative diseases
Researchers at Stanford have developed a system for peering into the mind of a live mouse and observing its brain activity in real time. The …
Hormone therapy halts accelerated biological aging seen in women with Alzheimer's genetic risk factor
Estrogen-based hormone therapy has had its ups and downs. In 2002, one arm of the Women's Health Initiative, a large-scale longitudinal trial of women examining hormone …
Countdown to Medicine X: Developing web-based diagnostics for early detection of Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer's disease affects over 5.4 million adults in the United Stats and that number is expected to grow significantly (.pdf) in the coming decade. Researchers …
Nervous breakdown: Preventing demolition of faulty proteins counters neurodegeneration in lab mice
Who'd think that clogging up the garbage disposal would clean up the kitchen? Yet, as a new study by molecular and cellular physiologist Tom Sudhof, MD, and …
Black hat in Alzheimer’s, white hat in multiple sclerosis?
Possibly no protein has a worse reputation than beta-amyloid, or A-beta, a protein snippet (or "peptide") that collects in the brain to become the chief …
How new imaging technologies may help advance early diagnosis of Alzheimer's
Without more effective drugs to treat Alzheimer's, experts predict that the number of Americans suffering from the disease will double by 2050 and related health-care …
Alanna Shaikh talks about preparing for Alzheimer's
In a touching TED Talk posted earlier today, Alanna Shaikh shares stories of her father's struggle with Alzheimer's disease and explains how she is preparing …
Untangling the inflammation/Alzheimer's connection
It's been known for some time that otherwise relatively healthy people who, for one reason or another, are long-time users of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or …
Common genetic Alzheimer's risk factor disrupts healthy older women's brain function, but not men's
For every two men diagnosed with Alzheimer's there are three women who have it. The primary risk factor for Alzheimer's is, of course, old age …
Stanford neurologist discusses promising advancements in Alzheimer's research
Researchers now have a better understanding of Alzheimer's disease, but effective treatments for the neurological disorder remain a long way off. A segment yesterday on …
More research suggests brain exercises boost cognitive function, stave off dementia
Nearly 36 million people worldwide are living with Alzheimer's disease or dementia. And, as the population grows, this number is projected to climb to 65.7 …