Search Results for: neurodegenerative diseases

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020

Webinar: Using Genomics to Accelerate Drug Development for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Publication date: Mar 26, 2020 In this webinar, Genomenon Founder & CSO, Mark Kiel, MD, PhD used real-world examples to demonstrate how a Comprehensive Genomic Landscape for a disease, pathway ... Read more

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020

The PERK-Dependent Molecular Mechanisms as a Novel Therapeutic Target for Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Parkinson's Disease Literature

Publication date: Mar 19, 2020 Higher prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases is strictly connected with progressive aging of the world population. Interestingly, a broad range of age-related, neurodegenerative diseases is characterized ... Read more

March 24, 2020

Potential application of endocannabinoid system agents in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases-focusing on FAAH/MAGL inhibitors.

Parkinson's Disease Literature

Publication date: Mar 18, 2020 The endocannabinoid system (ECS) has received extensive attention for its neuroprotective effect on the brain. This system comprises endocannabinoids, endocannabinoid receptors, and the corresponding ligands ... Read more

March 22, 2020March 22, 2020

The role of magnetic fields in neurodegenerative diseases.

Parkinson's Disease Literature

Publication date: Mar 20, 2020 The term neurodegenerative diseases include a long list of diseases affecting the nervous system that are characterized by the degeneration of different neurological structures. Among ... Read more

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020

Giving common muscle relaxant via nose shows potential to treat neurodegenerative diseases

Huntington's Disease News

Publication date: Mar 12, 2020 Credit: public domain Delivering the medication dantrolene through the nose rather than the mouth may help the medication penetrate the brain more effectively, potentially maximizing ... Read more

February 9, 2020

Multimodal Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases Links Pathology and Cellular Dysfunction

Parkinson's Disease News

Publication date: Feb 08, 2020 Scientists are increasingly optimistic that PET tracer UCB-J, which recognizes a presynaptic vesicle protein, can reliably detect synapse loss in the Alzheimer’s brain (see Part ... Read more

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020

Toxic protein, linked to Alzheimer’s and neurodegenerative diseases, exposed in new detail

Major Depressive Disorder News

Publication date: Feb 07, 2020 NEW YORK — The protein tau has long been implicated in Alzheimer’s and a host of other debilitating brain diseases. “Tau has long been a ... Read more

January 27, 2020

Current insights on lipid nanocarrier-assisted drug delivery in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

Multiple Sclerosis Literature

Publication date: Jan 23, 2020 The central nervous system (CNS) is vulnerable to pathologic processes that lead to the development of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases, Multiple ... Read more

January 2, 2020January 2, 2020

Precision Medicine in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Some Promising Tips Coming from the microRNAs’ World.

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: Dec 27, 2019 : Novel insights in the development of a precision medicine approach for treating the neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) are provided by emerging advances in the field ... Read more

December 24, 2019December 24, 2019

Selective Neuronal Death in Neurodegenerative Diseases: The Ongoing Mystery.

Huntington's Disease Literature

Publication date: Dec 01, 2019 A major unresolved problem in neurodegenerative disease is why and how a specific set of neurons in the brain are highly vulnerable to neuronal death. ... Read more