"All
in
all,
we
are
faced
obviously
with
a
peculiar
disease
process,"
physician
Alois
Alzheimer
wrote
in
1901.
After
performing
an
autopsy
on
one
of
his
patients,
the
German
doctor
concluded
that
the
memory
loss,
disorientation,
impaired
speech
and
delusions
were
caused
by
brain
shrinkage,
widespread
dead
cells
and
protein
deposits.
He
began
to
learn
more
about
Alzheimers,
but
just
fifteen
years
later,
Alois
Alzheimer
died,
never
knowing
that
a
whole
branch
of
Alzheimers
research
would
develop
based
on
his
work.
Some
of
the
newest
Alzheimers
research
has
focused
on
brain
cell
connectors.
A
new
study
done
by
Northwestern
University's
Feinberg
School
of
Medicine
found
a
connection
between
signs
of
Alzheimers
and
a
brain
protein
called
kalirin-7.
"We
already
knew
that
kalirin
controlled
the
synapses,"
lab
researcher
Peter
Penzes
explains.
"But
now
we
understand
how
it
works
and
that
it
could
be
responsible
for
memory
storage.
Kalirin
acts
like
a
volume
dial,
making
the
synapses
stronger.
This
suggests
that
a
drug
that
would
stimulate
kalirin
could
improve
memory
or
delay
the
progression
of
memory
loss."
The
next
step
in
this
Alzheimers
brain
research
is,
of
course,
human
clinical
trials.
Australian
scientists
feel
they
have
made
a
breakthrough
in
Alzheimers
research.
A
clinical
trial
showed
that
a
new
medication
reduces
levels
of
the
"amyloid"
brain
protein,
which
behaves
strangely
in
Alzheimers
patients
-
dividing
irregularly
and
leaving
sticky
toxic
clumps
that
kill
neurons.
The
"PBT2"
Alzheimers
drug
stops
beta
amyloid
from
combining
with
other
materials
to
form
plaques.
"We
found
we
were
able
to
remove
the
pathology
of
Alzheimer's
disease
in
animal
models,"
said
Professor
Ashley
Bush,
of
the
University
of
Melbourne.
"In
human
patients,
the
results
from
the
12
week
trial
were
remarkable.
We
can
only
imagine
that
with
a
longer
trial,
the
effect
will
be
even
stronger."
If
successful,
then
the
drug
could
be
available
as
early
as
2011.
While
there
has
been
no
definitive
Alzheimers
prevention
found
by
research,
doctors
say
that
exercise,
which
raises
your
heart
rate
for
at
least
30
minutes
several
times
per
week
diminishes
your
risk
of
Alzheimers.
In
animal
experiments
at
the
University
of
Chicago,
they
found
that
signs
of
Alzheimers
were
less
visible
in
mice
that
had
frequent
exercise.
In
fact,
active
mice
who
exercised
had
50-80%
less
plaque
deposits
in
the
brain
than
sedentary
mice.
"Regular
physical
exercise
is
probably
the
best
means
we
have
of
preventing
Alzheimers
disease
today,"
says
Dr.
Ronald
Petersen,
director
of
the
Alzheimers
Research
Center
at
the
Mayo
Clinic.
He
added,
"It's
better
than
medications,
better
than
intellectual
activity,
better
than
supplements
and
diet."
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