A new spinal fluid test may prove to be the smoking gun for Alzheimer’s disease.The Pharmalot blog has reported on a study in the Archives of Neurology that used spinal fluid - “analyzed for the

Researchers claimed to have identified markers for early Alzheimer’s disease in some patients by analyzing results a spinal tap, according to an article published Monday in the Archives of Neurology.

In a new development, Alzheimer’s disease can now be predicted with up to 100 percent accuracy several years before its onset using three special marker proteins present in the spinal fluids.

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People with more developed language skills as young adults may be better able to stay sharp well into old age, even if they develop Alzheimer’s-like abnormalities in their brains, new research in the journal Neurology shows.

Writing the latest pages of an anthropological mystery, scientists propose in this month’s Archives of Neurology that it is highly possible that Auguste Deter, the first identified Alzheimer disease patient, carried the N141I presenilin-2 mutation–the same one as in present-day U.S.

A major Australian study has provided new insights into the loss of structure in regions of the brain and its potential association with Alzheimer’s Disease.

A brain-imaging study published today in the Archives of Neurology suggests that a major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease in the Anglo population is also a risk factor for the disease in Latinos.

PHOENIX, April 14 /PRNewswire/ — A brain-imaging study published today in the Archives of Neurology suggests that a major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease in the Anglo population is also a risk factor for the disease in Latinos.

Researchers have identified a gene that appears to increase a person’s risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of Alzheimer’s disease. The research will be presented as part of the late-breaking science program at the American Academy of Neurology’s 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto, April 10-17, 2010

Drowsiness, staring off into space, and losing your train of thought may be early signs of Alzheimer’s disease, says a study in Neurology.

Older people who have “mental lapses,” or times when their thinking seems disorganized or illogical or when they stare into space, may be more likely to have Alzheimer’s disease than people who do not have these lapses, according to a study published in the January 19, 2010, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology…

Older people who have “mental lapses,” or times when their thinking seems disorganized or illogical or when they stare into space, may be more likely to have Alzheimer’s disease than people who do not have these lapses, according to a study published in the January 19, 2010, print issue of Neurology-, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Older people who have “mental lapses,” or times when their thinking seems disorganized or illogical or when they stare into space, may be more likely to have Alzheimer’s disease than people who do not have these lapses, according to a study published in the January 19, 2010, print issue of Neurology(r), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

( American Academy of Neurology ) Older people who have “mental lapses,” or times when their thinking seems disorganized or illogical or when they stare into space, may be more likely to have Alzheimer’s disease than people who do not have these lapses, according to a study published in the Jan. 19, 2010, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Cognitive fluctuations, or episodes when train of thought temporarily is lost, are more likely to occur in older persons who are developing Alzheimer’s disease than in their healthy peers, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

A new type of brain scan, called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), appears to be better at detecting whether a person with memory loss might have brain changes of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study published in the January 6, 2010, online issue of Neurology(r), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

( American Academy of Neurology ) A new type of brain scan, called diffusion tensor imaging, appears to be better at detecting whether a person with memory loss might have brain changes of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study published in the Jan. 6, 2010, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

With January being “Alzheimer Awareness Month,” the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River District has plenty plans to spread awareness and raise funds. One of the biggest events is its fifth-annual “Chefs’ Charitable Dinner and Auction” coming up Sunday, Jan. 24 at the Adventure Inn here.

According to a new study, a new type of brain scan is better at detecting whether a person with memory loss might have Alzheimer’s .