Blocking calcineurin, a regulator of communication between brain cells, can restore memory function and a strategy for preventing Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer’s disease - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Stages, Types, Prevention, Prognosis & Treatment
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting memory and thinking and making the person increasingly dependent on others.
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting memory and thinking and making the person increasingly dependent on others.
The findings, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, suggest that anti-organ-rejection medications taken by transplant patients that block an enzyme known as calcineurin, which regulates communication between brain cells, also prevent dementia.
"These data clearly show that the prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer’s in our transplant patient group is significantly lower, in fact almost absent, when compared to national data from the general population," noted lead researcher Luca Cicalese.
Diseases Related to Old Age
Ageing is referred to the accumulation of changes that brings a person closer to death.
Ageing is referred to the accumulation of changes that brings a person closer to death.
Smokers are at Risk of Alzheimer's Disease
People who smoke are at a greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
People who smoke are at a greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
Young Blood to Cure Decline of Aging Brain
A research showed that injections of juvenile mouse blood boosts learning and memory in older rodents, findings that hold the long-sought cure for the decline of ageing brain.
A research showed that injections of juvenile mouse blood boosts learning and memory in older rodents, findings that hold the long-sought cure for the decline of ageing brain.
