Raising awareness and money for Alzheimer's research through music is the goal of local singer-songwriter Zach Brent EpsteinEpstein, 19, of Buffalo Grove, will perform an all-ages benefit concert at 4 p.m. Aug. 1 at Flatlander's in LincolnshireCurrently on a summer break from his studies in physi

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LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Although their genetic underpinnings differ, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease are all characterized by the untimely death of brain cellsWhat triggers cell death in the brain? According to a new study published by researchers at Sanford-Burnham M

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Neuroscientists have long wondered how individual connections between brain cells remain diverse and "fit" enough for storing new memoriesReported in the prestigious science journal Neuron, a new study led by Dr. Inna Slutsky of the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University describes what

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Scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research have discovered that a particular family of enzymes are involved in the breakdown of proteins that modify the production of toxic fragments that lead to the pathology of Huntington's diseaseThese enzymes, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), provide n

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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A new study shows that a sleep disorder may be a sign of dementia or Parkinson's disease up to 50 years before the disorders are diagnosedThe research is published in the July 28, 2010, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of NeurologyUsin

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- The Gladstone Institutes and the international pharmaceutical company H. Lundbeck A/S have announced a collaborative research agreement to study and identify therapeutic candidates for neurological diseasesThe agreement funds research at the Gladstone Center for Translational

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MIT biologists report that they have discovered the first link between the amyloid plaques that form in the brains of Alzheimer's patients and a gene previously implicated in the aging process, SIRT1The researchers found that SIRT1 appears to control production of the devastati

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LOUISVILLE, KY -- This week at ICAD 2010, Neuronetrix for the first time publicly demonstrated their COGNISION™ System, an innovative platform which enables objective assessment of cognitive functionThe demonstration focused on the COGNISION™ System's ability, using a non-invasive tech

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A group of researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has presented a new algorithm that uses a new method to analyse the information obtained from electroencephalograms to detect neurodegenerative diseases, such as epilepsy, using the bioelectric signals of the brainThe research pro

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PHILADELPHIA -- Investigators have found that fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) males -- in which the activity of an Alzheimer’s disease protein is reduced by 50 percent -- show impairments in learning and memory as they ageWhat’s more, the researchers were able to prevent the age-re

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