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... intervals on the X axis represent the average time of follow-up assessments after baseline These are smoothed regression lines that depict the differences in the slope of performance over time There ... the neurological, psychiatric and neuropsychological assessments were reviewed in a consensus conference comprised of neurologists, psychiatrists, and neuropsychologists Based on this review ... variable, and the interaction of APOE-␧4 by time Gender, age, education, and ethnic background were included as covariates in subsequent analyses The GEE analyses yields beta values which represent...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... Notch substrate As c-secretase cleavage resembles the cleavage of signal peptides by signal peptide peptidases (SPP), an inhibitor of SPP was also tested in our assay Both c-secretase and SPP cleave ... could be released by more than one Fig Specific c-secretase inhibitors abolish cell fluorescence Stable populations of green-fluorescent cells expressing substrate-activator and reporter genes were incubated ... unable to replace all the endogenous PS with the exogenously expressed PS1 In PS1 D257A/D385A transfected cells we observed a decrease in fluorescence and therefore a decrease in AICD release, while...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 08:20

... problems including muscle weakness, tingling feelings, vision problems, etc Degenerative diseases like Huntington s disease or other rare, usually genetically transmitted diseases may also cause ... diagnose this disease Alzheimer s disease still cannot be definitively diagnosed until someone is dead and an autopsy has occurred For years, Alzheimer s disease was considered a presenile dementia, ... These diseases can cause strokes and heart disease (heart attacks) in the elderly The most common causes of illness and deaths in the elderly are stroke and ischemic heart disease. 9 In a stroke,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 18:20

... All reagents were supplied by Electron Microscopy Sciences (Hatfield, PA, USA) Assessement of SEC-isolated peptides by HPLC and SDS-PAGE Samples (100 lL) of peptides isolated by SEC were injected ... design, regions encompassing residues 1–6, 12–18, 24–30 and 34–40 were used as primer annealing sites, and the following codons in these regions were altered to achieve more stable duplexes and ... degeneration and loss of neurons (Fig 7C), with a similar loss evident for all peptides Discussion Because extensive evidence supports a crucial role for Ab in Alzheimer s disease pathogenesis, there is...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 13:20

... Alzheimer s is a progressive disease; this means that the condition continues to get worse with time Usually, Alzheimer s disease gets progressively worse over five to ten years In the stories above, ... The Critical Issues: Age and Memory 23 Understanding the Disorder 31 The Effect on Society 41 The Challenge of Diagnosis 51 Possible Causes of the Disease 65 Treatment of Alzheimer s Disease ... the likelihood of developing Alzheimer s disease rises Between 20 and 47 percent of people over 85 years old are believed to have the disease 2 THE CRITICAL ISSUES: AGE AND MEMORY B efore exploring...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 23:20

... functioning Cognitive screening includes using validated screening instruments, such as the MMSE, and brief bedside assessments Cognitive screenings are usually sensitive to significant cognitive impairment ... begin with the specified letter For extensive language assessments, patients should be referred to a speech pathologist; but the physician can assess basic elements of language comprehension and ... severe and global as AD progresses Behavioral and personality changes, including agitation, aggression, and psychosis, often emerge as the disease progresses Depressed mood often occurs with...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 23:20

... approaches can be used for prion disease remains to be determined Prion disease Interest in prion disease has greatly increased subsequent to the emergence of BSE in England and the resulting appearance ... 2007 FEBS 3785 Therapy for prion disease and AD T Wisniewski and E M Sigurdsson species Transmissibility of prionoses between different species is generally ineffective due to differences in the ... cuffing with the cerebral vessel Ab in these autopsies suggests a potential role of CAA and an excessive Th-1 response in the genesis of the inflammatory sideeffects [57] This is an important issue...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 10:20

... pre-senile dementia and proposed the name Alzheimer s disease Growing from this single case report, Alzheimer s disease is now widely recognized as one of the most common neurological diseases, ... treating Alzheimer s disease In 1984, the first clinical criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer s disease was published, and the first five Alzheimer s Disease Research Centers were established ... patients with reversible or static diseases (e. g. , depression, stroke) • Relieve the fear of an irreversible or progressive disease • Treat the underlying disease • Initiate prevention and/ or rehabilitation...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 21:20

... (DAB; Sigma) as a substrate The images were taken by LEICA DC480 microscope using the LEICA IM50 image manager software (Leica Microsystems AG, Heerbrugg, Germany) Statistical analysis The average ... van Belle G & Berg L (1991) The consortium to establish a registry for Alzheimer s disease (CERAD), part II Standardisation of the neuropathological assessment of Alzheimer s disease Neurology ... critical set of specific serine and threonine residues of 4E BP1 abrogates this interaction, and releases eIF 4E, the phosphorylated state of which promotes capdependent translation An elevated eIF4E...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 22:20

... are good indicators of disease progression in MCI and AD The question is therefore: can both disease markers be used as markers of progression? Longitudinal studies The few studies investigating ... cortical relay region for the transmission of cortical information to the hippocampus, was of interest because it undergoes neurodegenerative changes in the earliest stages of disease progression.28,39,44–47 ... Francine Gervais, Denis Garceau, Paul S Aisen, and Serge Gauthier Immunotherapy for Alzheimer s disease 73 David Wilkinson Cholesterol, copper, and statin therapy in 89 Alzheimer s disease D Larry Sparks,...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 22:21

... plasmids encoding the eight viral gene segments Sequences encoding B cell epitope of amyloid-b were cloned into the HA segment near the receptor binding site Chimeric and wild-type viruses were ... Generated chimeric viruses were purified and the expression of inserted antigens was tested As shown in Figure 1B, coomassie staining of SDS-PAGE resolved purified viruses revealed that the purity ... chimeric virus Figure 1A illustrates the plasmid-based reverse genetic rescue system [26,27] used to generate chimeric influenza A/WSN/33 (H1N1) viruses expressing B cell epitopes Ab1-10 (WSN-Ab1-10),...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... The line across the box indicates the median Kruskall-Wallis test was used to evaluate differences between groups followed by the MannWhitney U test, to test differences between pairs of groups ... deposits (O, A, B, C) Results are expressed as box plots The box represents the interquartile range that contains 50% of the values The whiskers extend from the box to the highest and lowest values ... to the Braak stage instead of being defined as control or AD Other, previously described [17], discrepancies are most likely due to differences in pathological disease state and investigated brain...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... Younkin S, Ashe KH: Reversible memory loss in a mouse transgenic model of Alzheimer' s disease J Neurosci 2002, 22:6331-6335 Selkoe DJ, Schenk D: Alzheimer' s disease: molecular understanding predicts ... text Quantitative comparisons were performed on sections processed at the same time Single ANOVA statistical analysis was used to assess the significance of the differences in plaque area, glial ... Area of several images per section that cover most, or all, of the region of study Assays were repeated at least twice, with n = 4–7 animals per group per age per marker as noted in legends and...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... disease (AD), oxidative stress is one of the earliest events occurring prior to the onset of symptoms and it has been recognised as an essential contributor to the pathogenesis and progression ... analysing the involvement of oxidative stress in the course of AD and other diseases Anti-oxidant defences comprise enzymes [superoxide dismutase (SOD) and 2, catalase, glutathione peroxidase (GPx)], ... participants underwent a physical examination, blood tests and neuroimaging assessments They also underwent cognitive assessments using the Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders in the Elderly...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... be statistically significant These sample sizes are considered to be approximate values because they are based on variability estimates from small numbers of samples Previous studies have suggested ... the two antibody measures may essentially be the same Depleting the samples of anti-monomer antibodies would not necessarily resolve this issue because this might also remove some anti-oligomer ... significance These results not support the hypothesis that decreased levels of these antibodies may contribute to AD pathogenesis List of abbreviations used AD: Alzheimer s disease; ApoE: apolipoprotein...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... from each neighboring section The first sections on each glass slide represented the anterior portion of the brain, the next sections the middle and the last sections represented the posterior ... weeks (short term effect) Notwithstanding differences in physical activity between normally caged mice and those undergoing experimentally induced exercise, these data together with the aforementioned ... indomethacin in Alzheimer s disease Neurol 1993, 43:1609-1611 31 McGeer PL, Schulzer M, McGeer EG: Arthritis and anti-inflammatory agents as possible protective factors for Alzheimer s disease: ...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... other means of epigenetic gene dysregulation or suppression in the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration The section, “Oxidative Stress, Reactive Oxygen Species, and Heavy Metals” is critical because, ... visuospatial and executives disorders At first the degeneration is slight and apparently can be offset by the cognitive reserve, however, as neurodegeneration progresses, this mechanism is not sufficient ... phenotypes: Genetics core aims, progress, and plans: Alzheimers.Dement., v 6, no 3, p 265-273 20 Alzheimer s Disease Pathogenesis-Core Concepts, Shifting Paradigms and Therapeutic Targets Schliebs,...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 05:20

... includes: the diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer s disease, research profile, questionnaires, exercises for patients and patients studied list 3 CHAPTER OVERVIEW Dementia and Alzheimer sdisease 1.1 ... level Alzheimer' s disease - Control group: 56 patients consisting 25 patients with moderate level Alzheimer' s disease and 31 patients with mild level Alzheimer' s disease All Alzheimer' s patients ... profile of caregiver was daughter in middle-aged and older or spouses of the patient The burden of Alzheimer' s disease caregivers Mean burden of Alzheimer' s disease caregivers in our study on Caregiver...

Ngày tải lên: 25/07/2014, 11:36

... found between possible and probable AD categories Although there is little disagreement on whether patients have dementia, the underlying causes of the dementia syndrome are less reliably agreed ... other factors Nevertheless, many o f these studies are p e r f o r m e d on highly selected groups of elderly subjects who are free from neurological and systemic diseases, and although adequately ... now require re-evaluation in light o f the advances in our understanding o f the pathogenesis of the disease ALZHEIMER' S DISEASE 169 neuropsychological testing; however, by end stage, few functions...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 16:21