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Getting rid of defective proteins in the brain

Aug 29, 2013 by

A recent study suggests that quickly getting rid of defective proteins in the brain prevents brain cell loss. Specifically, the speed at which these proteins are cleared may affect cell survival and may explain why certain cells are targeted...

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Paeonol may be able to treat neurogenerative diseases

Aug 8, 2013 by

Neuroresearchers pretreated organotypic hippocampal slice cultures and primary microglial cells from a rat’s brain30 minutes to adding lipopolysaccharide. They found that the paeonol has neuroprotective abilities and reduces the release of neurotoxic and proinflammatory factors in microglial cells. This...

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Leukemia drug prevents build-up of toxic brain proteins

May 10, 2013 by

This is big news for neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s, Huntington disease, Alzheimer’s, ALS and frontotemporal dementia, among others....

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