Scientists have long questioned whether the abundant amounts of amyloid plaques found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s actually caused the neurological disease or were a by-product of its progress. Now, using new research techniques, scientists have shown that a two-molecule aggregate (or dimer) of beta-amyloid protein fragments may play a role in initiating [...]
An automated system for measuring brain tissue with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can help physicians more accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s disease at an earlier stage, according to a new study published in the July issue of the journal Radiology. In Alzheimer’s disease, nerve cell death and tissue loss cause all areas of the brain, especially the [...]
UCLA’s Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research is seeking patients for the third phase of a preliminary study for a promising new drug that fights the ravages of Alzheimer’s. The new drug, called bapineuzumab, aims to remove the toxic protein, called amyloid, that scientists believe causes the disease in the brains of Alzheimer’s [...]
Antipsychotic medications may lessen symptoms like hostility and aggression in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, but do not appear to lessen other symptoms or improve quality of life, according to a recent analysis of data from the NIMH-funded Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness Alzheimer’s Disease (CATIE-AD) study. The 421 participants in the CATIE-AD study all [...]
Scientists have long questioned whether the abundant amounts of amyloid plaques found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s actually caused the neurological disease or were a by-product of its progress. Now, using new research techniques, scientists have shown that a two-molecule aggregate (or dimer) of beta-amyloid protein fragments may play a role in initiating [...]
