A slow chain reaction occurs in the brain over the course of many years, leading to
neurodegenerative disease and death.
Not exact matches
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 progressive degeneration
and death of the brain, occurring in many
neurodegenerative diseases, is often seen as an unstoppable
and irrevocable process.
Researchers from Harvard Chan School
and Brigham
and Women's Hospital examined the relationship between types of fats in the participants» diets
and overall
deaths among the group during the study period, as well as
deaths due to cardiovascular
disease (CVD), cancer,
neurodegenerative disease,
and respiratory
disease.
Alzheimer's
disease is a
neurodegenerative disease that results in cognitive decline,
and eventually
death.
Working with mouse, fly
and human cells
and tissue, Johns Hopkins researchers report new evidence that disruptions in the movement of cellular materials in
and out of a cell's control center — the nucleus — appear to be a direct cause of brain cell
death in Huntington's
disease, an inherited adult
neurodegenerative disorder.
«Our findings define a potential mechanism for neuronal cell
death in Alexander
disease and possibly other
neurodegenerative diseases with astrocyte dysfunction.»
«Oxidative stress can cause damage to the building blocks of a cell, resulting in excessive cell proliferation, in the case of cancer or cell
death, in the case of
neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's,» said Mark Hannink, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry
and an investigator at the Bond Life Sciences Center at MU.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's
disease, is a debilitating
neurodegenerative disorder that leads to paralysis
and death due to the loss of motor neurons in the brain
and spinal cord.
It also may be an early warning sign of
neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's,
and can predict
death.
Huntington's
disease is a genetically determined
neurodegenerative disorder that results in uncontrolled movements
and, eventually, in cognitive decline
and death.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal
neurodegenerative disease characterized by motor neuron
death and muscle atrophy,
and the RNA binding protein TDP - 43 has emerged as a major molecular factor in this
disease.
It is the hope
and desire of each of the contributing organizations that this effort will accelerate the development of a treatment for SMA, a devastating
neurodegenerative disease that leads to
death by age two in up to 50 % of patients.
These
and other so - called
neurodegenerative diseases are often associated with the buildup of toxic proteins that lead to neuronal
death.
GM1 gangliosidosis, or Landing
disease, is a rare inherited
neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder characterized by severe cognitive
and motor developmental delays resulting in the
death of most patients at a very young age.
Core areas of research at the institute include work on brain - computer interfaces to aid patients with spinal injury
and paralysis; innovative advances in computational neuroscience to address behavior
and mood disorders;
and research into mechanisms of cell
death as part of efforts to identify therapies for
neurodegenerative diseases that include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
and Alzheimer's.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's
disease, is a
neurodegenerative disease that leads to paralysis —
and eventually
death — due to the loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord
and brain.
The good news is that replenishing NAD + to cells can restore DNA repair
and prevent cell
death under stress.26, 29 In two different animal models of
neurodegenerative disease, increasing cellular NAD + reduced the severity of the disorder, normalized neuromuscular function, delayed memory loss,
and extended lifespan.30