Science news articles about 'dementia symptoms'

... to improve the circadian rhythm of elderly persons was associated with modest improvement in symptoms of dementia, and the addition of the use of melatonin resulted in improved sleep, according to a ...

... levels of the metal manganese, which attacks the central nervous system, producing motor and dementia symptoms that resemble Parkinson's disease. In Parkinson's patients, the alpha-synuclein protein ...

... seem to precede large scale changes in tau, which are then linked to the onset of clinical dementia symptoms." Researchers will follow cognitively normal subjects with reduced CSF amyloid levels and ...

... time. Researchers were able to detect this devastating disease at the earliest stages, before dementia symptoms appeared and widespread irreversible damage occurred. The findings hold promise in the ...