Protein deposits in nerve cells are a typical feature of Alzheimer’s disease: the excessive alteration of the tau protein through the addition of phosphate groups — a process known as hyperphosphorylation — causes the protein in the cells to aggregate into clumps. As a result, nerv[...]
Posts Tagged ‘stress’
27 April, 2010 09:17 § in Brain and health
(Español) Las percepciones sensoriales influyen en la salud y condicionan la esperanza de vida.
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30 December, 2009 08:30 § in Brain and health
Nuevas evidencias de que el chocolate negro ayuda a aliviar el estrés.
The “chocolate cure” for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial published online in ACS’ Journal of Proteome Research. It found that eating about an ounce and a half of dark chocolate a day for two weeks reduced levels of stress hormones in the bodies of peop[...]
23 December, 2009 08:30 § in Brain and health
El cannabis daña el cerebro de los jóvenes más de lo que originalmente se pensaba.
The damaging effects of this illicit drug on young brains are worse than originally thought, according to new research by Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, a psychiatric researcher from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. Canadian teenagers are among the largest consumers of cannabis w[...]
30 November, 2009 08:30 § in Brain and health
¿Nueva causa de la enfermedad de Alzheimer?
Dr. Carme Espinet and colleagues at the University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain have discovered that a precursor to nerve growth factor (pro-NGF) may play a pathogenic role in Alzheimer’s disease. They present these findings in the December 2009 issue of The American Journal of Pathology. Bookmar[...]
