Curing Early-Onset Alzheimer’s
While being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s can be overwhelming at any age, it is particularly devastating when the disease strikes early in one’s life. Early-onset Alzheimer’s can present itself in people as young as 30 and it is strongly inherited, affecting … Continue reading
Recruiting Stress Proteins to clean up tangles in the brain
The brains of people with Alzheimer’s contain large numbers of plaques and tangles. Plaques are formed from beta-amyloid. Tangles are made of a protein called tau. Like beta-amyloid, tangles can also damage the brain and thus contribute to the devastating … Continue reading
Reversing Nerve Cell Damage
The devastating loss of memory that is the hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease is caused by the death of nerve cells “strangled” by beta amyloid. In what would have seemed like science fiction a decade ago, the Fisher Center Foundation’s scientists … Continue reading
Improving The Quality Of Life For Alzheimer’s Patients
Most Alzheimer’s disease patients show some signs of agitation and as Alzheimer’s disease progresses through its later stages, as many as 75% of patients begin to exhibit aggressive or agitative behaviors, which are often treated with potent antipsychotic drugs. While … Continue reading
Beating Back Beta Amyloid
The Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation funds scientists who continue to be at the forefront of research into the understanding of beta amyloid, a protein that is at the root of Alzheimer’s disease. Beta amyloid forms dense protein deposits … Continue reading
Press Release – Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Alzheimer’s & Dementia January 11, 2010, Full PDF: Click Here Small Signs of Memory Loss Can Lead to Big Problems If you are over 65 and feel like you might have an issue with your memory it is more important … Continue reading
Press Release
Alzheimer’s & Dementia January 11, 2010 Full PDF Click Here Small Signs of Memory Loss Can Lead to Big Problems If you are over 65 and feel like you might have an issue with your memory it is more important … Continue reading
P11
The Journal of Neuroscience February 11, 2009 Full PDF: Click Here Key Protein May Lead to Faster Acting Anti-Depression Drugs Research conducted by Nobel laureate Paul Greengard, Director of Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research at The Rockefeller University, Dr. … Continue reading
WAVE-1
Nature August 17, 2006 Full PDF Click Here Brain Protein Discovery May Open New Avenues for Alzheimer’s Treatment WAVE-1 protein critical for regulating connections between brain cells. Scientists at the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research at The Rockefeller University … Continue reading
Casein Kinase 1
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences February 26, 2007 Full PDF: Click Here New therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s could lead to drugs without side effects Researchers from the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at The Rockefeller University … Continue reading
