Sentences with phrase «nerve cell loss»

«The study did not investigate whether healthy people with nerve cell loss in this region of the brain were more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease.

Corticobasal degeneration is a progressive neurological disorder characterized by nerve cell loss and atrophy (shrinkage) of various regions of the brain, including the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia (which helps to start and control movements, as well as other functions).

Professor Richards believes that instead of many different mechanisms, each disease has the same underlying mechanism, and common pathway of nerve cell loss.

FTD is a disease caused by progressive nerve cell loss.

Concentrations of this metabolite often increase due to the increased nerve cell loss, which usually happens in Alzheimer's.

Accumulation of globs of A-beta protein bits, the idea goes, drives the nerve cell loss and dementia seen in the disease, which an estimated 5.5 million Americans had in 2017.

Researchers have discovered a landmark clue to what causes the nerve cell loss in a group of seven deadly neurological conditions, the most common of which are Huntington's disease and Machado - Joseph disease (MJD).