There is no known cure for Alzheimer's disease, but understanding its stages, symptoms, and management may go a long way in helping you provide your loved one with the best care. If you have Alzheimer's disease and are looking for support, you may also benefit from therapy online or...
It gets harder to carry on a conversation or do everyday tasks. A doctor can’t say you have Alzheimer’s with absolute certainty, but there are things they can do to be fairly sure. They include testing your attention, memory, language, and vision, and looking at images of your brain....
The last decade has seen a substantial increase in research focused on the identification, development, and validation of diagnostic and prognostic retinal biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Sensitive retinal biomarkers may be advantageous because they are cost and time efficient, non-invasive, ...
The causes of Alzheimer's disease are unknown, but the condition does have theorized causes like acetylcholine deficiency and risk factors related to its development. Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurological (brain) disease that leads to the loss of cognitive functions such as memory, think...
Well, there are lots of situations where you wouldn’t be able to speak for yourself. You could be under anesthesia for a scheduled surgery and have complications. Or maybe you’re unconscious from an accident or other event. Or perhaps you’re aging and in late stages of dementia. ...
Microglial cells are part of the immune system within brain tissue, helping clear dead cells and other debris. Astrocytes help clear neurotransmitter chemicals so that the synapse can be ready to react to the next signal that might arrive. ...
the physiopathology of numerous cell types. In neural cells the nuclear lipids are involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, inflammation, migration and apoptosis. Abnormal metabolism of nuclear lipids might be closely associated with tumorigenesis and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer ...
I read it is accompanied by other conditions like Alzheimer’s and my grandmother is starting to show signs. Thank you. Byanon91559— On Jun 22, 2010 My mother had brain atrophy, and it caused her death when she was 57 years. In the last stages of her disease, she was like a small...
Infections in neurosurgical shunts, bone, breast, and prostate infections; infective endocarditis; splenic and cutaneous abscesses; and chronic blepharitis and endophthalmitis are all linked to Cutibacterium spp. [65,66,67]. C. acnes plays a role in the onset and development of Alzheimer’s ...
The study of protein aggregation, and amyloidosis in particular, has gained considerable interest in recent times. Several neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s (AD) and Parkinson’s (PD) show a characteristic buildup of proteinaceous aggregates in several organs, especially the brain. Des...