Sentences with phrase «neurodegenerative brain conditions»

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He cites research that demonstrates blueberries protect the brain from oxidative stress and thus the effects of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease or dementia.

Stein pointed out that these neurons are in a region of the brain known to be particularly vulnerable to neurodegenerative conditions from Alzheimer's disease to stroke.

In a novel animal study design that mimicked human clinical trials, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that long - term treatment using a small molecule drug that reduces activity of the brain's stress circuitry significantly reduces Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology and prevents onset of cognitive impairment in a mouse model of the neurodegenerative condition.

In conjunction with Dr. Cullum, other researchers from the O'Donnell Brain Institute are involved in studies that may help reveal the roles of brain injury in other conditions, such as depression, and enable scientists to assess the incidence of neurodegenerative conditions as study participantsBrain Institute are involved in studies that may help reveal the roles of brain injury in other conditions, such as depression, and enable scientists to assess the incidence of neurodegenerative conditions as study participantsbrain injury in other conditions, such as depression, and enable scientists to assess the incidence of neurodegenerative conditions as study participants age.

Hot on the heels of discovering a protective form of immune response to spinal cord injury, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have pinpointed the biological trigger for that response — a vital step toward being able to harness the body's defenses to improve treatment for spine injuries, brain trauma, Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions.

Today, implanted electrode devices for stimulating the brain are extremely crude devices with only a handful of electrodes that are used to mitigate the effects of Parkinson's, epilepsy, and other neurodegenerative conditions.

Back in the 1980s and»90s, researchers took neural cells from human fetuses and inserted them into the brains of 10 people diagnosed with Parkinson's, a neurodegenerative condition.

«Although we are currently looking at neurodegenerative disease, there is potential for the technology to be expanded to psychiatric diseases, chronic pain, seizure disorders and many other conditions affecting the brain and nervous system down the road.»

Damage to astrocytes — star - shaped cells found in the brain and spinal cord — is found in many neurodegenerative conditions, but it's been unclear exactly what role astrocyte dysfunction plays in the development of disease.

At the same time, Freeman and others have shown that SARM - dependent signaling pathways also drive axon loss in neurodegenerative conditions including glaucoma, traumatic brain injury and peripheral neuropathy.

«In the future, these may lead to treatments for a variety of brain disorders, including psychiatric and cognitive conditions as well as neurodegenerative diseases.»

As neurodegenerative diseases and brain injuries often propitiate inflammatory conditions, the study also assessed if inflammatory factors had the power to inhibit the conversion process.

The investigators noted that if the antisense approach works for ALS — by delivering therapeutic agents for neurodegenerative diseases across the highly impermeable blood - brain barrier — it would likely also work in other neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.

This has significant potential for impact on our understanding of not only healthy brain function but also on a range of neurological, neurodegenerative and mental health conditions.»

Some of them can interfere with neurons in the brain, killing those cells, and causing a variety of neurodegenerative conditions.

Harnessing the powerful healing properties of adult stem cells found in your own fat tissue, Okyanos Cell Therapy offers new hope for this neurodegenerative condition by enabling brain and nerve cell repair for the chance at an improved quality of life.

In contrast, re-introduction of neurogenesis or stimulation of neuroplasticity in the adult brain both represent promising therapeutic avenues to improve psychiatric and neurodegenerative conditions.

The group of experts is proposing a new diagnosis, called Mild Behavioral Impairment (MBI), which could hopefully help doctors recognize brain changes that may lead to neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's disease.

This is why ketones appear to be the preferred source of brain food in patients affected by diabetes or any neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's,

In many neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's, neurons in certain regions of the brain have become insulin resistant.

This is why ketones appear to be the preferred source of brain food in patients affected by diabetes or any neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS, & Multiple Sclerosis, etc. (9).

Prior research had developed a number of new compounds making use of a novel drug discovery paradigm which begins with natural products extracted from plants; it then entails selecting synthetic derivatives which demonstrate efficacy in multiple assays testing protection against different factors of the nerve cell damage and death which take place in brain injuries and in age - associated neurodegenerative conditions.

He cites research that demonstrates blueberries protect the brain from oxidative stress and thus the effects of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease or dementia.

adults with acquired brain injury or neurodegenerative conditions with an associated psychiatric disorder