Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today

Alzheimer's / Dementia News From Medical News Today Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:41:42 +0100 Genes Linked To Alzheimer's Are The Same For Early- And Late-Onset The same gene mutations linked to inherited, early-onset Alzheimer's disease have been found in people with the more common late-onset form of the illness. The discovery by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may lead doctors and researchers to change the way Alzheimer's disease is classified... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST Alzheimer's Disease May Spread By 'Jumping' From One Brain Region To Another For decades, researchers have debated whether Alzheimer's disease starts independently in vulnerable brain regions at different times, or if it begins in one region and then spreads to neuroanatomically connected areas... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST Protein Structures Offer Clues To Breast Cancer, Alzheimer's Treatment, Prevention Using some of the most powerful nuclear magnetic resonance equipment available, researchers at the University of California, Davis, are making discoveries about the shape and structure of biological molecules - potentially leading to new ways to treat or prevent diseases such as breast cancer and Alzheimer's disease... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST Alzheimer's-Related Protein In Brains Of Healthy Adults May Shed Light On Earliest Signs Of Disease Researchers from the Center for Vital Longevity at the University of Texas at Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center have completed a large-scale neuroimaging study of healthy adults from age 30 to 90 that measured beta-amyloid protein - a substance whose toxic buildup in the brain is a diagnostic marker for Alzheimer's disease... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST Alzheimer's Disease May Spread By 'Spreading' From One Brain Region To Another The way in which Alzheimer's Disease spreads in the brain has been the subject of debate for many years. Two opposing theories have the disease starting independently in weakened brain regions over time, or it beginning in one region and then spreading neuroanatomically connected areas... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:00:00 PST