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Researchers have found that the use of magnets may impact brain waves such that it may extend the capability of the brain for months. The technology is being tested in Manchester and has shown results in the early stages of the disease, giving patients months of additional independent living.
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British researchers have found that if patients drink a liter of silicon rich mineral water per day for 13 weeks, the cognitive decline either stops or improves in a majority of them.
The water seems to flush the aluminum levels in the body, which helps to keep the development of plaques and tangles down that create the cognitive decline.
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For me a surprising news item; it turns out that people with Alzheimer have difficulty noticing differences between different objects. Apparently the part of the brain that stores temporary memories short term also plays a role in recognizing objects.
Here is a potential use:
The results indicate that, under certain circumstances, reducing “visual clutter” might help MCI patients perform everyday activities.
For example, telephone buttons tend to be the same size and color. Only the numbers are different — a very slight visual difference for a person who struggles with object perception. Perhaps a phone with varying sized buttons and different colors would help.
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A study with mice over six months has give some insights that may become important for our battle against dementia. It turns out that treatment with exercise and melatonin helps to keep the disease at bay or even showed a regress of symptoms.
Now don’t jump for joy yet, in humans the disease takes years to develop so by the time symptoms become visible the brain is already badly damaged but nevertheless we encourage every piece of good news.
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Scientists at the Mayo clinic have discoved that an enzyme known as BACE2 is particularly effective at breaking down beta-amyloid, widely known for being a factor in Alzheimer’s disease.
Although it is not the first enzyme found to have this function, BACE2 is certainly more effective at breaking beta-amyloid down. Now the scientists want to find out if a BACE2 impairment can increase the risk of getting the disease, this may then contain valuable new clues about the origin of the disease.
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Today’s link is a more in depth explanation of the discovery of the working of nuclear receptors. Certain nuclear receptors are essential for long-term memory formation, and pharmaceutical approaches that boost the function of these proteins — and the molecular machinery they set in motion — could one day restore memory function in those who have lost it.
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