LearningRx reviews study on concussion severity
Blood protein may determine concussion severity A study published in Neurology links higher blood levels of tau to longer periods of recover for athletes after a concussion....
read moreNew strategy to prevent Alzheimer’s
A study published in Neuron showed that scientists were able to prevent the early events of Alzheimer’s and the development of brain pathology in experimental animal models. Specifically, they found that the inhibition of Nuak1 resulted in reduced levels...
read moreAlzheimer’s vaccine could be tested in humans in 3-5 years
Scientists in the U.S. and Australia have created a formula that targets the proteins that play a role in both the development and the progression of Alzheimer’s. The vaccine generates antibodies that attack tau proteins and beta-amyloid proteins....
read moreTBI produces the same mental impairments as Alzheimer’s
Researchers isolated a toxic form of tau protein from animals that had experienced a TBI then injected into other animals and found that they developed the same type of mental impairments caused by Alzheimer’s....
read moreNew compound lets doctors see Alzheimer’s as it progresses...
Researchers have developed fluorescent imaging agents that let them see tau protein aggregates (typical of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative disorders) right in the brain of living patients....
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