News tagged with tau tangles

Increasing brain enzyme may slow Alzheimer's disease progression

Increasing puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase, the most abundant brain peptidase in mammals, slowed the damaging accumulation of tau proteins that are toxic to nerve cells and eventually lead to the neurofibrillary ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Promising new neuroimaging techniques for early detection of Alzheimer's disease

Investigators from the International Center for Biomedicine and the University of Chile, in collaboration with the Center for Bioinformatics of the Universidad de Talca, have discovered that two drugs, the benzimidazole derivatives ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mechanism of Alzheimer's suggests combination therapy needed

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered a mode of action for mysterious but diagnostic protein snarls found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients that suggests a one-two punch ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists make headway in understanding Alzheimer's disease

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered that a protein called BAG2 is important for understanding Alzheimer's disease and may open up new targets for drug discovery. They are ready to move from studying ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0