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A more intensive exercise program specifically designed for people in hospital with dementia has been shown to add benefits over normal rehabilitation. The study was published in the February 2014 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (requires subscription to view full…

The underlying genetics of neurodegenerative disorders tend not to be well understood. This study links HSP to other neurodegenerative disorders and can potentially facilitate further gene discovery and mechanistic understanding of neurodegenerative diseases. Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are neurodegenerative motor…

The word “chaperone” refers to an adult who keeps teenagers from acting up at a dance or overnight trip. It also describes a type of protein that can guard the brain against its own troublemakers: misfolded proteins that are involved…

A number of studies have shown that exercise can remodel the brain by prompting the creation of new brain cells and inducing other changes. Now it appears that inactivity, too, can remodel the brain, according to a new report. The…

The phase 3 trial results of Eli Lilly and Co.’s solanezumab and Janssen/Pfizer’s bapineuzumab appeared in the January 23rd edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. In an accompanying editorial in NEJM, JPND Scientific Advisory Board members Eric Karran…

Researchers at Duke University have shown that continuing spinal cord stimulation appears to produce improvements in symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, and may protect critical neurons from injury or deterioration. The study, performed in rats, is published online Jan. 23, 2014,…

New research has uncovered a quality-control mechanism in brain cells that may help keep deadly neurological diseases in check for months or years. The findings, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, “present a breakthrough in understanding the secret life…