Sumedha B S, Bangalore University Alzheimer’s Disease- Cause Of Dementia In Older Adults Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking- a neurodegenerative disease. This damage initially takes place in the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus. It later affects areas in the cerebral cortex, which are responsible for language, reasoning, and […]
Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc, University of Glasgow Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that causes brain atrophy or shrinking, ultimately leading to death of brain cells. It is considered to be the biggest cause of dementia globally. The death rate due to AD in U.S came out as 37 per 100,000 people in 2019. […]
Madhavi Bhatia, National Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease and is also age-associated. Approximately 5.8 million people are affected by this disease in the United States. Typically the onset of AD mostly occurs after the age of 65. The primary clinical manifestations of the disease cover profound cognitive […]
Ankita Chattopadhyay, Amity University Kolkata The word ALIEN can be associated with words like unknown, unfamiliar, disturbing. The syndrome is a rare neurological condition developed in 1909 causing one’s hand to act on its free will. It means that the individual has no control over their hand. Sometimes one leg is affected as well but […]
–Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata Thomas Dekker once said, “Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and bodies together”, but is sleep the ultimate way? Well no. The function of the glymphatic system which controls the processes involved in the removal of all the wastes (amyloid-beta, etc.) accumulated in the brain during the wake […]
