{"id":1120,"date":"2023-08-10T15:23:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T15:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pediatricbrainfoundation.org\/archive\/neurodegenerative-diseases\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T15:23:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T15:23:34","slug":"neurodegenerative-diseases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pediatricbrainfoundation.org\/archive\/neurodegenerative-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurodegenerative diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Diseases of the Brain: Computer Model of Nerve Cells Provides Insights into Communication Problems<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Thursday, November 13, 2014<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by DZNE: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases<\/a> <\/div>\n

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In diseases of the brain, such as Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s, the neurons fail to communicate correctly with each other. As Bonn-based researchers of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) now report in the journal \u201cNeuron\u201c, these connectivity problems can be ascribed to alterations in the structure of the nerve cells. For their study, the scientists investigated diseased nerve cells using high precision methods and subsequently simulated their electrical properties on the computer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Human skin cells reprogrammed directly into brain cells<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Wednesday, October 22, 2014<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Washington University in St. Louis<\/a> <\/div>\n

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The researchers, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, demonstrated that these converted cells survived at least six months after injection into the brains of mice and behaved similarly to native cells in the brain.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Down syndrome helps researchers understand Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Thursday, September 18, 2014<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/a> <\/div>\n

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The link between a protein typically associated with Alzheimer’s disease and its impact on memory and cognition may not be as clear as once thought, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Waisman Center. The findings are revealing more information about the earliest stages of the neurodegenerative disease.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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\n Saturday, January 11, 2014<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Maria Konnikova, New York Times <\/a> <\/div>\n

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Sleep, it turns out, may play a crucial role in our brain\u2019s physiological maintenance. As your body sleeps, your brain is quite actively playing the part of mental janitor: It\u2019s clearing out all of the junk that has accumulated as a result of your daily thinking.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Signal found to enhance survival of new brain cells<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Monday, November 11, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Johns Hopkins Medicine<\/a> <\/div>\n

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A specialized type of brain cell that tamps down stem cell activity ironically, perhaps, encourages the survival of the stem cells’ progeny, Johns Hopkins researchers report. Understanding how these new brain cells “decide” whether to live or die and how to behave is of special interest because changes in their activity are linked to neurodegenerative diseases.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Researchers identify way to increase gene therapy success<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Tuesday, October 29, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Nationwide Children’s Hospital<\/a> <\/div>\n

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Scientists in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have found a way to overcome one of the biggest obstacles to using viruses to deliver therapeutic genes: how to keep the immune system from neutralizing the virus before it can deliver its genetic payload.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Rare Childhood Disease May Hold Clues to Treating Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Sunday, October 27, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Rutgers University<\/a> <\/div>\n

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Scientists at Rutgers University studying the cause of a rare childhood disease that leaves children unable to walk by adolescence say new findings may provide clues to understanding more common neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s and developing better tools to treat them.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Keeping it Local: Protecting the Brain Starts at the Synapse<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Tuesday, October 22, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of California, San Francisco<\/a> <\/div>\n

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New research by UC San Francisco scientists shows that one of the brain\u2019s fundamental self-protection mechanisms depends on coordinated, finely calibrated teamwork among neurons and non-neural cells knows as glial cells, which until fairly recently were thought to be mere support cells for neurons.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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