In September 2009, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) concluded that no benefit has been proven for memantine in the treatment of Alzheimer's diseaseAn assessment now presented of 2 previously unpublished studies and new analyses by the manufacturer Merz do not

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A team of scientists at the University of California, Davis and the University of Auckland has discovered that neuroglobin may protect against Alzheimer's disease by preventing brain neurons from dying in response to natural stressThe team published the results of their study in the April, 2010 is

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The brains of Alzheimer patients have high accumulations of the material beta-amyloid, which appear in the form of plaquesThe precursors of these plaques are believed to be the underlying cause of the nerve cell loss that leads to the disruptions in memory that characterize Alzheimer's disease. Th

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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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