DALLAS: For decades, dementia-causing conditions like Alzheimer’s were a mystery – illnesses that couldn’t be diagnosed for sure except at post-mortem. The development of advanced PET scans, combined with new tracer dyes means that doctors can now follow subtle biological routes in the brain and Read More »

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LOS ANGELES: Researchers used animal brain cells to study glucose uptake after 24 hours of treatment with Cinnulin PF. The researchers then evaluated the extract’s effects on oxygen glucose deprivation of the cells (which are similar to microscopic blood vessels in the brain). Read More »

DALLAS: A multidisciplinary team of researchers has recently published a study linking a Parkinson’s disease-causing mutation in the Fbx07 gene with mitophagy.

Mitochondria are essential cell organelles responsible for producing most of the cell’s energy through respiration. They are especially important in nerve cells where Read More »

PHILADELPHIA: Researchers at the UW Medicine, Veteran’s Administration Puget Sound and Saint Louis University have made a promising discovery that insulin delivered high up in the nasal cavity goes to affected areas of the brain with lasting results in improving memory.

“Before this study, there Read More »