neurodegenerative disease

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neurodegenerative
adjective
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/ˌnjʊə.rəʊ.dɪˈdʒen.ə.rə.tɪv/us
/ˌnʊr.oʊ.dɪˈdʒen.ə.rə.t̬ɪv/
involving the nerves gradually ...
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disease
noun
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/dɪˈziːz/us
/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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These observations suggest that the expression of astrocyte connexins varies during the progression of thisneurodegenerativedisease.
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Microglia have been implicated in aging-relatedneurodegenerativedisease, yet relatively little is known about how normal aging and chronic pathological states may affect microglial function.
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The law of mass action applied toneurodegenerativedisease: a hypothesis concerning the aetiology and pathogenesis of complex diseases.
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A distinction between healthy, activated microglia and dysfunctional, senescent cells is crucial when considering future approaches to maintain brain health and treatneurodegenerativedisease.
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Although this is not research on aneurodegenerativedisease, the response to this announcement from physicians and bioethicists is instructive.
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Insulin andneurodegenerativedisease: shared and specific mechanisms.
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A new case ofneurodegenerativedisease(nervous system disorders) is diagnosed every 24 hours.
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As his aneurodegenerativediseasegradually made him unable to paint, he increasingly relied on his studio assistants to complete his works.
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At all ages, a substantial proportion of patients who complain of memory difficulty or other cognitive symptoms have depression rather than aneurodegenerativedisease.
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The homeostatic imbalance between anti-inflammatory and pro-inflammatory cytokines in aging is one factor that increasing the risk forneurodegenerativedisease.
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Research suggests it may also have cognition-enhancing effects in healthy individuals, in the absence ofneurodegenerativediseasepathology.
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Measurement of the neurofurans may ultimately prove useful in diagnosis, timing and selection of dose in the treatment and chemoprevention ofneurodegenerativedisease.
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Pharmacological activation of this pathway opposed the progression ofneurodegenerativediseasein rodent models.
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Pioglitazone may improve cognitive impairments, including memory loss and may help protect long-term and visiospatial memory fromneurodegenerativedisease.
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For example, schizophrenia is aneurodegenerativediseasethat may result from an abnormal ratio of pro- and anti-apoptotic factors.
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In mammals, they could be involved in carcinogenesis,neurodegenerativediseaseand aging.
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After retiring, he developed aneurodegenerativedisease, which he believed to be a result of brain damage acquired from heading footballs.
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Several neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by an extensive proliferation of glial cells.
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Other neurodegenerative diseases fail to support the proposal that amyloid fibrils are pathogenic.
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