| Alzheimer’s Disease: Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future |
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February 13, 2019 |
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The latest Alzheimer's disease news from News Medical |
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| |  | | |  A protein known for its role in forming blood clots has been found to cause the characteristic cognitive decline of Alzheimer's disease. The discovery provides a new target for drug developers trying to find a cure for this devastating condition. | | | | |  A study of 300 elderly individuals who underwent PET (positron emission tomography) scans showed that women are more likely to develop the toxic proteins known to trigger the disease. | | | | |  A researcher at the UPV/EHU has participated in a study describing what it is during the early stages of Alzheimer's that triggers the loss of dynamics and subsequent impairment of the dendritic spines, the compartments of the neurons responsible for receiving nerve impulses from other neurons. | | | | |  Nearly 50 million people worldwide have Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia. While age is the greatest risk factor for developing the disease, researchers believe most Alzheimer's cases occur as a result of complex interactions among genes and other factors. But those factors and the role they play are not known--yet. | | | | |  According to a large worldwide study, the hormone that is produced in the body during exercise called irisin, can prevent and delay the onset of mental faculty decline and Alzheimer’s disease. The results of the study were published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Medicine. | |
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