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"Bad" Enzymes May Wear White Hats After Stroke
Enzymes that can harm the brain immediately after a stroke may actually be beneficial days later, according to new research.   view more (2006-03-29)

MRI study opens door to assessing, preventing dangerous brain iron levels
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study at UCLA opens new doors to assessing and potentially preventing brain iron accumulation associated with risk of developing degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Dementia With Lewy Bodies.   view more (2006-03-27)

New Tools Developed for Studying Neurodegenerative Brain Disorders
Penn State researchers have created an elegantly simple model of an axon-the extension of a neuron that communicates with other neurons-and have used this model to reproduce a change in the axon's shape that is characteristic of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's... view more (2006-03-22)

Common anti-convulsant drug may help slow the progression of dementia
Researchers have found that a common anticonvulsant drug improved cognitive function and appeared to restore nerve cells in the brains of patients with HIV-related dementia.   view more (2006-03-14)

MIT research holds promise for Huntington's treatment
Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have identified a compound that interferes with the pathogenic effects of Huntington's disease, a discovery that could lead to development of a new treatment for the disease.   view more (2006-03-09)

Study ties 'new' cell-death mechanism to developmental and degenerative brain disorders
An international research team has provided the first conclusive evidence that neurodevelopmental disorders such as mental retardation and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and ataxias can be caused, at least in part, by specific gene defects that... view more (2006-02-28)

Study implicates potassium channel mutations in neurodegeneration and mental retardation
For the first time, researchers have linked mutations in a gene that regulates how potassium enters cells to a neurodegenerative disease and to another disorder that causes mental retardation and coordination problems.   view more (2006-02-27)

Researchers find molecule that may hold key to learning and memory
Independent research teams from Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston have identified a master protein that sheds light on one of neurobiology's biggest mysteries-how neurons change as a result of individual experiences.   view more (2006-02-22)

Johns Hopkins scientists map brain area that may aid hunt for human brain stem cells
A study led by a Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon has provided the first comprehensive map of a part of the adult human brain containing astrocytes, cells known to produce growth factors critical to the regeneration of damaged neural tissue and that potentially serve as brain stem cells.   view more (2006-02-17)

Study Finds Drug May Cut Down Involuntary Movements in Huntington's Disease Patients By 25 Percent
The medication tetrabenazine cut down involuntary movement in patients with Huntington's disease on average by about 25 percent, with many patients experiencing a greater improvement.   view more (2006-02-16)

New compound may protect against liver cancer
Researchers have identified a new compound called CDDO-Im that protects against the development of liver cancer in laboratory animals.   view more (2006-02-15)

Mad cow protein aids creation of brain cells
Few conditions are more detrimental to human brains than the one popularly referred to as mad cow disease.   view more (2006-02-14)

Drug aimed at Huntington's eases chorea, the disease's hallmark feature
A drug widely available in Europe and Canada - but not the United States - dramatically eases one of the most disabling symptoms of Huntington's disease, involuntary writhing movements known as chorea.   view more (2006-02-14)

Neuronal Receptor Response May Help Explain Alzheimer's Memory Loss
Based on laboratory research, scientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have a new theory as to why people with Alzheimer's disease have trouble performing even the simplest memory tasks, such as remembering a family member's name.   view more (2006-02-13)

A clue to core problem of neurodegenerative disease and cell death
Misfolded and damaged proteins are common to all human neurodegenerative diseases. Clumps of these aggregated proteins destroy neurons within the brain and cause disease.   view more (2006-02-10)

Receptor critical in neurodegeneration reduces Alzheimer's plaque
Increasing the level of a protein that plays a key role in traumatic spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis reduces the concentration of disease-causing plaque in Alzheimer's disease.   view more (2006-02-03)

Mutation in brain cells of descendants of Abraham Lincoln suggest he suffered from movement disorder
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Minnesota have discovered a gene mutation in the descendants of Abraham Lincoln's grandparents that suggests the Civil War president himself might have also suffered from a disease that destroys nerve cells in the cerebellum- the part of the brain... view more (2006-02-03)

Study using new imaging technology detects subtle brain changes in patients with Type 1 diabetes
Although people with diabetes are twice as likely as the general population to develop depression, the cause of this increased risk is not well understood.   view more (2006-02-01)

Mad-cow culprit maintains stem cells
What do mad cow disease and stem cell research have in common? Whitehead Institute scientists have found that the same protein that causes neurodegenerative conditions such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) is also important for helping certain adult stem cells maintain... view more (2006-01-31)

U of MN researchers identify ataxia gene
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School have discovered the gene responsible for a type of ataxia, an incurable degenerative brain disease affecting movement and coordination.   view more (2006-01-23)

New compound stops brain cell degeneration in Alzheimer's disease
Drug discovery researchers at Northwestern University have developed a novel orally administered compound specifically targeted to suppress brain cell inflammation and neuron loss associated with Alzheimer's disease.   view more (2006-01-20)

Scientists link another gene to degenerative blindness
Researchers have labored for decades to understand blindness-inducing neurodegenerative diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and retinitis pigmentosa (RP).   view more (2006-01-19)

Study links Alzheimer's disease to abnormal cell division
A new study in mice suggests that Alzheimer's disease (AD) may be triggered when adult neurons try to divide. The finding helps researchers understand what goes wrong in the disease and may lead to new ways of treating it.   view more (2006-01-18)

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease is devoted to metal ions and neurodegenerative diseases
The recent issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (Volume 8, Issue 2) published by IOS Press is devoted to "Metal Ions and Neurodegenerative Diseases" and presents a collection of important papers dedicated to uncovering the role of various metals in human neurophysiology and... view more (2006-01-13)

Memantine appears effective and safe in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease
Memantine, a drug approved for the treatment of Alzheimer disease, appears safe and effective in patients with moderate to severe cases of the condition, according to a study in the January issue of Archives of Neurology.   view more (2006-01-10)
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