Dietary protein and amino acid intake: links to the maintenance of cognitive health

This retrospective cohort study looked at lifestyle factors and risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease over the course of 8 years in almost 200,000 European adults who were age 60 at baseline. Results of this study demonstrate that even if someone had a “high risk genetic profile” for dementia, addressing 4 lifestyle factors significantly reduced […]

In search of possible pharmacological targets, research on neurological and neurodegenerative disorders has recently centered on altered molecular mechanisms. These mechanisms include inflammation, imbalances in response to oxidative stress, proliferation, apoptosis, autophagy, migration, differentiation, and neuronal plasticity. These imbalances occur in unconventional neurodegenerative and neurological abnormalities, such as multiple sclerosis, Huntington’s disease, Down syndrome, and […]