News tagged with loss of memory
Memories are made of this: New study uncovers key to how we learn and remember
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research led by the University of Leicester and published in a prestigious international scientific journal has revealed for the first time the mechanism by which memories are formed.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Promising drug candidate reverses age-related memory loss in mice
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh today report a new experimental compound that can improve memory and cognitive function in ageing mice. The compound is being investigated with a view to developing a drug that could ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Study links cannabis strains with memory impairment
(PhysOrg.com) -- People who smoke potent strains of cannabis that are low in cannabidiol (such as skunk) are putting themselves at far greater risk of acute memory loss than people who smoke other types of ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 01, 2010 |
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Insulin is a possible new treatment for Alzheimer's
A Northwestern University-led research team reports that insulin, by shielding memory-forming synapses from harm, may slow or prevent the damage and memory loss caused by toxic proteins in Alzheimer's disease.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Older age memory loss tied to stress hormone receptor in brain
Scientists have shed new light on how older people may lose their memory with a development that could aid research into treatments for age-related memory disorders.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 06, 2011 |
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New findings pull back curtain on relationship between iron and Alzheimer's disease
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers say they have determined how iron contributes to the production of brain-destroying plaques found in Alzheimer's patients.
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Study: Patients with amnesia still feel emotions, despite memory loss
A new University of Iowa study offers some good news for caregivers and loved ones of individuals with Alzheimer's disease. Patients might forget a joke or a meaningful conversation -- but even so, the warm feelings associated ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 12, 2010 |
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First detection of pregnancy protein in older people destined for Alzheimer's disease
In an advance toward a much-needed early diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease (AD), scientists have discovered that older women destined to develop AD have high blood levels of a protein linked to pregnancy ...
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Researchers seek to map the brain patterns of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at UC Davis have launched an innovative study to determine whether closer examination of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans can detect the onset of Alzheimer's disease even before patients begin to show the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 17, 2009 |
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Enzyme may be a key to Alzheimer's-related cell death
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Purdue University researcher has discovered that the amount of an enzyme present in neurons can affect the mechanism thought to cause cell death in Alzheimer's disease patients and may have ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Hybrid molecules show promise for exploring, treating Alzheimer's
One of the many mysteries of Alzheimer's disease is how protein-like snippets called amyloid-beta peptides, which clump together to form plaques in the brain, may cause cell death, leading to the disease's devastating symptoms ...
Nov 04, 2009 |
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New study may help understand how Alzheimer's robs sufferers of episodic memory
Memory loss is love's great thief. Those who suffer aren't just the ones who can't remember—family, friends and loved ones agonize over how to react when the disorder begins its often inexorable progress.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 18, 2009 |
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Scientists identify a new target for Alzheimer's disease
Neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found a new therapeutic target that can potentially lead to a new way to prevent the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The target called neutral sphingomyelinase ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Link between epilepsy and Alzheimer’s uncovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered what could be causing Alzheimer’s disease sufferers to go on to develop epilepsy.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Study explains why Alzheimer's drug is both safe and effective
Alzheimer's disease destroys brain cells and their connections (called synapses), causing memory loss and other cognitive problems that disrupt work, hobbies and daily life. Symptoms can be alleviated, in part, by the drug ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 18, 2010 |
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