While much is still theoretical, the new evidence is certainly beginning to change the way we think about brain diseases.
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She said the study suggested that in people with degenerative brain diseases, memories were not erased from the brain, but rather could not be accessed because of the disease.
He has also brought clarity and insight to a number of other curious brain diseases, including the very rare syndrome where a patient believes his or her mother to be an imposter.
Here, then, is a retrospective look at some of the scariest side effects to crop up over the past 12 months--from rare events like liver failure or brain-wasting diseases to more common ones such as heart attacks or strokes.
Many diseases of the brain may be caused by clumps of proteins that clog its circuitry.
Researchers suggest this could prevent the onset of diseases affecting the brain, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Experts said the findings could be important for future research into brain cell repair in patients with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and, importantly, that studies in mice would be applicable to humans.
Many of the players also share a genetic risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases, so perhaps deposits of tau are the result of brain trauma coupled with the weakened ability of the brain to repair itself.
His site, Stem Cell Regen Med, at stemcellregenmed.com, says it can offer treatment for a long list of life-threatening diseases, including ALS, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, cancer, brain damage and lung illnesses.
To stave off or reverse diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, scientists will explore the changes that occur in the brain as we age, laying the groundwork for prevention and treatment of age-related neurological diseases.
The findings could have promising implications for diseases that involve a neurogenesis deficit -- in other words, a lack of new brain cells being born -- which happens in conditions such as depression, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, the authors said.
Professor Aziz has been working on the brain for decades and is a strong proponent of primate research, having used these animals to develop treatments for neurological diseases such as Parkinson's.
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