| "Untangling" Tau: New Mouse Model Shows Key Feature of Alzheimer's Disease |
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November 23, 1999 -- Scientists have succeeded in producing a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease in a laboratory animal model. |
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| Blueberries: New Thrills for Those Over the Hill |
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September 15, 1999 -- For centuries, people have enjoyed blueberries for their flavor and color. In a new research study, animals fed a blueberry extract diet, rich in naturally-derived antioxidants, showed fewer age-related motor changes and outperformed their study counterparts on memory tests. |
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| Gene That Causes Familial British Dementia May Yield Clues to Alzheimer's Disease |
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June 23, 1999 -- Researchers supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) have discovered a novel gene, which when mutated is responsible for familial British dementia (FBD), a rare inherited disease that causes progressive dementia like that seen in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and severe movement disorders. |
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| Study Shows Loss of Key Enzymes Occurs Later Than Previously Thought |
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April 21, 1999 -- A new finding that may help unravel the Alzheimer's disease (AD) puzzle shows that loss of enzymes associated with the production of acetylcholine, a brain chemical implicated in memory function, may occur much later in Alzheimer's disease than formerly believed. |
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| Study Furthers Understanding of Critical Alzheimer's Disease Gene |
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April 7, 1999 -- Researchers have cracked part of the code for an important gene function in familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD), an early-onset type of AD. |
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| NIA Launches National Study to Treat Mild Cognitive Impairment |
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| March 15, 1999 -- The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is launching a nationwide treatment study targeting individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a condition characterized by a memory deficit, but not dementia. |
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