Auriel Willette, a researcher in food science and human nutrition, found evidence that an elevated presence of a protein called neuronal pentraxin - 2 may slow cognitive decline and
reduce brain atrophy in people with Alzheimer's disease.
Auriel Willette, a researcher in food science and human nutrition at Iowa State University, found evidence that an elevated presence of a protein called neuronal pentraxin - 2 may slow cognitive decline and
reduce brain atrophy in people with Alzheimer's disease.
Not exact matches
He also cited neuroimaging studies showing that prolonged periods of
reduced audio stimulation can lead to faster rates of
atrophy, changing the
brain's structure Additionally, social isolation caused by hearing loss may contribute to further
brain decline, Lin said.
Our main measure of success was to
reduce the rate of
brain atrophy,» explains study leader Dr Jeremy Chataway of University College London Hospitals / UCL in the UK.
mThy1 - AS mice administered only control IgG1 suffered dendritic
atrophy (as suggested by
reduced staining with MAP2) and synaptic loss (evaluated with postsynaptic density - 95 (PSD - 95) and synaptophysin) across several regions of the
brain, but this neurodegenerative damage was substantially prevented in mice administered 1H7, 5C1, or 9E4.
Numerous studies have suggested that a healthy lifestyle is related to
reduced brain shrinkage and lower rates of
brain tissue
atrophy, he said.
The incidence of diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease and
brain atrophy was
reduced in animals on the calorie restricted diet compared with monkeys on the control diet.
They include diseases of the cornea (keratitis), the lens (cataract), increased pressure within the eye (glaucoma), any disease which
reduces retinal sensitivity to light impulses (retinal
atrophy), or any disease which affects the optic nerves or the sight - center of the
brain (tumours, trauma).