The herpes simplex virus HSV-1 and Alzheimer's are related. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and the Center for Molecular Biology "Severo Ochoa" in an article published in the Journal of Neuroscience Research.
A study A study by the Mayo Clinic reveals that eating between 2,100 and 6,000 calories a day increases the risk of memory loss when you turn 70. That is, the more calories you consume, the more likely you are to suffer cognitive decline, the price step for the development of Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroscientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (USA) have discovered that a drug called bexarotene, used to treat cancer for a decade, is able to reverse the damage that occurs in the brain due to the disease Alzheimer's.
For decades, researchers have questioned whether Alzheimer's begins in one area of the brain and spreads from there, or whether it begins independently and simultaneously in several vulnerable regions of our gray matter. Scientists at Columbia University in New York (United States) have found the answer: it spreads through the brain from a single center, infecting one neuron after another through the circuits that connect them, called synapses.
Do you think you are smarter than others? Genes are responsible for only part of intelligence, the rest is determined by different environmental factors. This has been shown by a long study carried out in Scotland that studied the intelligence of about 2,000 people throughout their lives.
Can diet help us prevent some neurodegenerative diseases? Yes. According to an article recently published in the journal Neurology, a diet rich in fish and vitamins can protect the brain from shrinkage associated with Alzheimer's disease.
An international scientific study has found that some of the brain abnormalities related to Alzheimer's disease could respond to an infectious process similar to that produced in prion diseases such as "mad cow" disease or Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease.
People with diabetes appear to have a significantly higher risk of developing dementia, according to a study published in the journal Neurology. "Our results underscore the need to consider diabetes as a risk factor for dementia," says Yutaka Kiyohara of Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, co-author of the study, who is convinced that "controlling diabetes is now more important than ever. "
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
