28 July 2008
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Achieves Significant Impact Factor Increase
Amsterdam, The Netherlands and San Antonio, TX, USA — International publisher IOS Press and the Editors-in-Chief of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (JAD) are pleased to announce a significant increase in the Journal’s Impact Factor, from 3.058
22 May 2008
Researchers Explore the Emerging Role of Infection in Alzheimer's Disease
Amsterdam — A number of chronic diseases are in fact caused by one or more infectious agents.
28 April 2008
Investigators unveil new drug discovery tool for Alzheimer's disease
An article published in the April issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease presents a detailed characterization of a new drug discovery tool for Alzheimer's disease. It demonstrates that an abnormal form of tau protein, as it occurs in Alzheimer's dise
28 April 2008
Milan Fiala, MD, Receives 2008 Alzheimer Award
Milan Fiala, MD, UCLA Orthopedic Hospital, has been chosen as the recipient of the 2008 Alzheimer Award presented by the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease in recognition of his outstanding work, "Phagocytosis of amyloid-beta and inflammation: Two faces of inn
9 April 2008
New research shows neuroprotective effect of lovastatin slows progression of Alzheimer's disease, among other benefits
High cholesterol levels are considered to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease including stroke. Therefore, many cholesterol lowering drugs have been developed by pharmaceutical companies in recent years.
4 April 2008
Redox-Active Iron Is a Sensor of Cognitive Impairment Associated with Alzheimer's Disease
New Study Published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease from the University of Chile and the International Center for Biomedicine (ICC)
7 March 2008
Increased Level Of Magnetic Iron Oxides Found In Alzheimer's Disease
A team of scientists, led by Professor Jon Dobson, of Keele University in Staffordshire, UK, have found, for the first time, raised levels of magnetic iron oxides in the part of the brain affected by Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
7 March 2008
Paradoxical Alzheimer's Finding May Shed New Light on Memory Loss
Do you remember the seventh song that played on your radio on the way to work yesterday? Most of us don’t, thanks to a normal forgetting process that is constantly “cleaning house” – culling inconsequential information from our brains.
14 January 2008
New method developed to identify genetic determinants of Alzheimer's disease
Guangzhou, China and Amsterdam, The Netherlands — A rapid and accurate DHPLC assay for determination of apolipoprotein E genotypes has been developed by researchers from the Department of Medical Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical Universi
9 January 2008
Memantine and Alzheimer's Disease: Does it do what it says on the tin?
Amsterdam — In a study published this month in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, researchers from the University of Aberdeen report that the drug memantine, used for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and praised as “the first and only representative o
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