Sentences with phrase «elevated amyloid»

Eventually, the spinal - tap method could look for elevated amyloid - beta in people with early symptoms of suspected Alzheimer's or measure the effects of drug therapies on already - diagnosed patients.

A new study suggests an association between elevated amyloid beta levels and the worsening of anxiety symptoms.

The results suggest that worsening anxious - depressive symptoms may be an early predictor of elevated amyloid beta levels — and, in turn AD — and provide support for the hypothesis that emerging neuropsychiatric symptoms represent an early manifestation of preclinical Alzheimer's disease.

Not exact matches

Studies suggest that adults with high brain amyloid have elevated risk for Alzheimer's and stand the best chance of benefiting from treatments should they become available.

It is also important to note that the link between sleep disorders and Alzheimer's risk is considered by many scientists to be «bidirectional,» since elevated beta - amyloid may also lead to sleep disturbances.

While acute sleep deprivation is known to elevate brain beta - amyloid levels in mice, less is known about the impact of sleep deprivation on beta - amyloid accumulation in the human brain.

They found that GLUT1 deficiency led to diminished glucose uptake into the brain as early as two weeks of age and, by six months of age, neuronal dysfunction, behavioral deficits, elevated levels of amyloid - beta peptide, behavioral changes and neurodegenerative changes.

Like humans with AD, hAPP mice have elevated levels of amyloid β (Aβ) peptides in the brain, network and synaptic dysfunction, and amyloid plaques (9).

Such scans could help researchers determine if people with type 2 diabetes have elevated amounts of amyloid which may contribute to their increased risk for Alzheimer's disease.

Our aims are as follows: 1) to determine whether disclosure of elevated brain amyloid will bias ADCS - PACC test results; 2) to determine whether disclosure of elevated brain amyloid will cause psychological distress; and 3) to explore how learning amyloid imaging disclosure will impact preventative health behaviors, advance planning for health (e.g. long - term care insurance decisions) and well - being (e.g. stigma, quality of life and relationships).