Neurology Category
Loss of Smell Could Be Early Sign of Alzheimer’s

- Loss of Smell Could Be Early Sign of Alzheimer’s
(Report via HealthDay) New research in mice suggests that loss of smell could serve as an early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease.
People with Alzheimer’s are already known to suffer from loss of smell. But the new research pinpoints a direct link between development of amyloid plaques — the bits of gunk in the brain that cause Alzheimer’s disease — and a worsening sense of smell.
What Is Guillain-Barré Syndrome? What Causes Guillain-Barré Syndrome?

- What Is Guillain-Barré Syndrome? What Causes Guillain-Barré Syndrome?
(Report via Medical News Today) Guillain-Barré syndrome is a rare but serious disease of the peripheral nervous system, which is the network of nerves that control the body’s senses and movements. In this disorder the body’s immune system attacks the nerves.
Common Antioxidant Might Slow Parkinson’s

- Common Antioxidant Might Slow Parkinson’s
(Report via Medline Plus) A new look at some old data adds convincing evidence that high body fluid levels of the antioxidant urate slow the progressive nerve damage of Parkinson’s disease.
ICAD: PTSD Increases Risk of Dementia in Vets

- ICAD: PTSD Increases Risk of Dementia in Vets
(Report via Med Page Today) Veterans with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were twice as likely as other vets to be diagnosed with dementia later on, scientists reported at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease.
TOP NEWS POST - June 30, 2009

- Doctors Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder In Children Should Consider Irritability A Symptom, Study
New research from the US adds to mounting evidence that when diagnosing bipolar disorder in children doctors and clinicians should consider irritability as a possible symptom.
Top NEWS Post 3-10-2009

- Stem Cell Scaffolding Makes New Brain Tissue After Stroke Damage
Researchers in the UK inserted tiny scaffolds with stem cells attached into the stroke damaged brains of rats and found that they grew into new tissue to fill the holes made by the stroke damage. The research was led by Dr Mike Modo of the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London and took place at the Institute of Psychiatry and University of Nottingham.
Top NEWS Post 2-03-2009

- Diabetics Have A Significantly Greater Risk Of Dementia
Diabetics have a significantly greater risk of dementia, both Alzheimer’s disease - the most common form of dementia - and other dementia, reveals important new data from an ongoing study of twins.
Top NEWS Post 2-02-2009

- Diabetics Have A Significantly Greater Risk Of Dementia
Diabetics have a significantly greater risk of dementia, both Alzheimer’s disease - the most common form of dementia - and other dementia, reveals important new data from an ongoing study of twins.
Top NEWS Post 1-30-2009

- Neuropsychiatric Conditions Linked By Iron And Serotonin
Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have found a surprising link between brain iron levels and serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in neuropsychiatric conditions ranging from autism to major depression. Appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week, the study by Randy Blakely, Ph.D.

