"Alzheimer's can be contagious", "Alzheimer's could be transmitted between humans" have stated some media after the article published in the latest journal Nature. It's true?
An investigation by the prestigious Mayo Clinic (USA) has concluded after examining more than 3,600 postmortem brains (of which 1,375 had confirmed Alzheimer's) that the protein tau is the most responsible for the loss and deterioration of cognitive memory in Alzheimer's disease. The study has been published in the journal Brain.
Amyloid protein, whose accumulation in the brain is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, begins to settle within neurons from the age of 20, a much younger age than scientists imagined, according to the latest study developed by the Northwestern University of Medicine and collected by Brain magazine
This is attested by the latest study carried out by the Central Hospital of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) which, in the absence of corroborating the results, proposes that a simple biopsy of the patient's skin would serve to diagnose neurodegenerative diseases early, easily and effectively. well known as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
An experiment with mice has revealed that raising the levels of the protein Clotho can protect us against the learning and memory deficits caused by Alzheimer's disease. The research has been developed by a team of scientists from the Gladstone Institute and the University of California in San Francisco (USA) and has been published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
Many mammals when they go into hibernation, suffer not only a drop in body temperature but also many of their brain functions disappear. All this is due to a spectacular maneuver of nature to treasure resources. Once winter is over, your brain works again in the same way as it did before hibernation. There is no memory leak or any other effect.
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.
