Sentences with phrase «affected by neurodegenerative disease»

Dexterous movements of limbs and fingers are critical motor functions often affected by neurodegenerative disease and injury.

PIND's goal is an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to the study of neurodegenerative diseases and their mechanisms, with the aim of transforming cutting - edge science into novel therapies and diagnostics that directly benefit individuals affected by neurodegenerative diseases.

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The disease is characterized by the accumulation of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA) leading to a neurodegenerative disorder that is chronically debilitating and life - threatening, where the most affected tissues are the myelin in the central nervous system (CNS) and the adrenal cortex.

Attorneys representing all current and former NCAA student - athletes announced date changes made by the court, affecting the concussions settlement that will provide a 50 - year medical - monitoring program for student - athletes to screen for post-concussion syndrome and early - onset neurodegenerative disease that may have resulted from concussions or the accumulation of subconcussive hits while playing NCAA sports.

Neurodegenerative diseases are caused by the death of neurons and other cells in the brain, with different diseases affecting different regions of the brain.

The findings, made in mice, explain why most but not all motor neurons are affected by the disease and identify a potential therapeutic target for this still - incurable neurodegenerative disease.

These neurons are also affected by spinal cord injury and involved in Friedreich's ataxia, a devastating and currently incurable neurodegenerative disease that largely strikes children.

Long - term goal of the project will be to visualize and manipulate tau expression also in a systemic context (organotypic slice preparations, mouse brain) by affecting the function of tau mRNA - containing neuronal granules as a potential drug target for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

A 2016 study by researchers from the Buck Institute for Research on Ageing and the UCLA Easton Laboratories for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, showed that memory loss in Alzheimer's patients can be reversed, and improvement sustained, using a complex, 36 - point therapeutic personalized program that involves comprehensive changes in diet, brain stimulation, exercise, optimization of sleep, specific pharmaceuticals and vitamins, and multiple additional steps that affect brain chemistry.