Normal aging is characterized by deficits in the cognitive domains of learning, memory and executive function. Specifically, there are age-related changes in recall of information, speed of processing ...

A study by researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center is evaluating an imaging method that can help protect normal, healthy lung tissue during radiotherapy treatment in lung cancer ...

A mutation in the protein huntingtin causes the devastating neurodegenerative disorder Huntington's disease (HD). Huntingtin is a high-molecular-weight, ubiquitously expressed protein that has no ...

Untreated thyroid hormone disruption during pregnancy appears to increase the likelihood of autism in children, shows large study.

KANSAS CITY, MO—Disruptive clumps of mutated protein are often blamed for clogging cells and interfering with brain function in patients with the neurodegenerative diseases known as spinocerebellar ...

Occupational therapists at McLaren Rehabilitation Services help people of all ages who have had hand, arm or shoulder injuries develop skills they need to perform everyday living activities, such as ...

The normal function of a gene associated with the neurodegenerative diseases amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) has been determined for the first time by University ...

Amidst the debate around whether pathogenic mutations of presenilin harm cells by a gain of toxic function, or a loss of essential normal function (see ARF related news story), new results with ...

Recently, more consideration has been given to ED patients with normal NPTR, who also present with an abnormal endothelial state after vascular testing. The aim of the present study is to investigate ...