…A study of 276 consecutive patients undergoing postoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer has found that 32.1% manifest depressive symptoms (Luutonen et al. Radiother Oncol 2011; epublished February 11, 2011). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Continue…
REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY (AAN) 63RD ANNUAL MEETING, HONOLULU, HAWAII, APRIL 9-16, 2011 – Symptoms of anxiety may be associated with atrophy in discrete brain regions in mild AD patients, according to the most recent report from the Alzheimer Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (Poulin et al. AAN 2011; abstract P06.188). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address tha…
REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY (AAN) 63RD ANNUAL MEETING, HONOLULU, HAWAII, APRIL 9-16, 2011 – An analysis of subjects in the Cardiovascular Health Study in the U.S. has reported that electrocardiographic abnormalities may be a risk factor for Parkinson’s disease (Jain et al. AAN 2011; abstract S03.004). This is the first reported link between ECG findings and PD risk. Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your…
REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY (AAN) 63RD ANNUAL MEETING, HONOLULU, HAWAII, APRIL 9-16, 2011 – The possible link between Alzheimer’s disease and a history of traumatic brain injury is unclear (for a review see Jellinger KA. Curr Opin Neurol 2004; 17: 719-723). This issue was examined in a retrospective analysis of pathology data for the period 1997 to 2010 (Mehta et al. AAN 2011; abstract P07.244). Traumatic brain injury was define…
…2011 – Clusterin (apoJ) is a heterodimeric protein that may play a role in amyloid plaque formation by acting as an extracellular chaperone (for a review see Thambisetty M. Biomark 2010; 4: 831-834; free full text at www.futuremedicine.com/doi/abs/10.2217/bmm.10.108). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Continue…