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  Carbamate and Alzheimer Alzheimer's disease is a brain disorder that mostly affects older people. It gets worse over time and causes problems with memory and thinking. We still don't fully understand why Alzheimer's disease happens, but it seems to be caused by a lot of different things going wrong. There are some important signs that we often see in the brains of people with Alzheimer's. These include the loss of certain brain cells, the buildup of abnormal substances like plaques, problems with metals in the brain, changes in a protein called tau, too much stress inside brain cells, swelling and problems with the immune system in the brain, and issues with the energy centers in brain cells. Current treatments, right now, is based in some medicines that can help with the symptoms of Alzheimer's, but they don't fix the main problems in the brain.  These medicines are called donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine, and memantine. There's a need for better drug...

 CINCINNATI (WKRC) - New research is showing that having a pet could boost your brain power. A recent study found that it can delay memory loss and other kinds of cognitive decline. It seemed to be especially helpful for exercising your verbal memory, like memorizing a list of words. One example is all the nicknames people come up with for their pets. And it wasn't just true for people with cats and dogs. Some participants also owned rabbits, hamsters, birds, fish, and reptiles. Study authors say you have to have a pet for five years or more to see improvement, but those who did in the study had a cognitive decline rate of 1.2 points less over six years than those who didn't. Continue reading

Una proteína del plasma parece relacionarse con el desarrollo y avance de la enfermedad, según un estudio