A new study has found that mice genetically engineered to have Alzheimer’s disease suffer silent seizures which may occur due to cellular changes. The cellular changes are a result of excess accumulations of the protein amyloid beta.
“These seizures are not the typical epileptic seizures or convulsions that most people would recognize,” said Dr. Jeffrey Noebels [...]
Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have identified a specific form of estrogen may hold hope as a potential drug for multiple sclerosis (MS). The boffins conducted the study on a mouse model and found that the ‘designer estrogen’ not only helps protect the brain from degeneration, but at the same time [...]
A new study has revealed that nasal spray is safe and effective at quickly treating cluster headaches, the most painful form of headaches.The double-blind trial had 52 participants with cluster headache who used five or 10 milligrams of zolmitriptan nasal spray or placebo as a therapy for 151 separate cluster headache attacks.
In the study, 63 [...]
A new study has revealed that high stress levels may lead to memory loss among people who are at a risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The a4 variant of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene amplifies the risk for memory loss among those susceptible to Alzheimer’s disease.
Likewise, high levels of cortisol, associated with high stress levels, [...]
Statins, the anti-cholesterol drugs, may help prevent the brain damage that leads to Alzheimer’s disease, a new US study has found.Previous research had proposed that people who received statins might be less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. However, the new study, by researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, suggests that statins [...]