Sentences with phrase «brain enzyme»

But these disease hallmarks largely vanish in a similar mouse that mostly lacks a particular brain enzyme.

An additional effect of selegiline hydrochloride stems from an interaction with brain enzymes that destroy free radicals.

This makes me happy: A new class of experimental drug - like small molecules is showing great promise in targeting a brain enzyme to prevent early memory loss in Alzheimer's disease.

A mouse engineered to have Alzheimer's disease and a gradual reduction in levels of the brain enzyme BACE1 stopped forming plaques (arrows in the first panel) as it aged.

Already they have found some promising results in a gene that codes for a brain enzyme called FAAH.

A new class of experimental drug - like small molecules is showing great promise in targeting a brain enzyme to prevent early memory loss in Alzheimer's disease, according to Northwestern Medicine ® research.

The constant activity of an enzyme first produced during learning traps memories in our brains

Kinetic analysis of serum BuChE, which is structurally similar to brain enzyme, was performed at dual substrate (butyrylthiocholine iodide) concentration ranges: 3 — 80 μM (low) and 25 — 800 μM (optimal) by use of the Ellman technique.

A study has shown that the increase of the brain enzyme called puromycin - sensitive aminopeptidase, which is the most abundant brain peptidase seen in mammals, can slow the harmful accumulation of toxic tau proteins, which ultimately result in neurofibrillary tangles, a key pathological characteristic of Alzheimer's and other types of dementia.

In a 2007 study involving mice, researchers at John Hopkins University and the University of Vermont found that Zyprexa and another antipsychotic, clozapine (Clozaril), quadrupled the levels of a brain enzyme that spurs appetite.

Hyaluronidase — this is highly elevated in patients with MS.. This is an upcoming promising therapy that will block the brain enzyme.

They suggest broad areas of improved metabolism, including changes in gut hormones, brain enzymes, fat oxidation and athletic performance.

Why the illness appears earlier in some is a mystery, but there is evidence that some children (1 in 1,000) may develop the disorder after a strep infection, when an antibody generated to fight the bacteria mistakenly turns against a brain enzyme and disrupts communication between neurons.