CONFERENCE COVERAGE SERIES
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2004
San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
23 – 27 October 2004
San Diego: Too Much APP Blocks Transport, Starves Down's Neurons
Which genes are responsible for the known phenomenon that cholinergic neurons in Alzheimer disease and Down syndrome die because they can’t get their daily fix of nerve growth factor?...
San Diego: HLA and γ-Secretase? A Curiosity Now, But Just You Wait…
Venturing off the beaten path, <strong>Bryce Carey</strong> yesterday presented a poster at the Society for Neuroscience meeting about the interaction...
San Diego: HIV and AD—Save the Body, Lose the Mind?
Drug cocktails have transformed HIV infection from a deadly to a chronic disease, giving HIV carriers a new lease on life. But new long-term consequences...
San Diego: Uncouplers Keep Mitochondria Burning Clean—Protect Neurons
Next time you ponder the pros and cons of coal burning power plants, consider this: Mitochondria, our cellular power plants, do a great job keeping us supplied with ATP, but they, too, have emission problems...
San Diego: Treating Forgetfulness—Triple Transgenics Provoke
A mouse model that mimics both signature pathologies of Alzheimer disease develops a day-to-day forgetfulness at four months...
San Diego: γ-Secretase Takes Scientists on a Wild Ride
The more scientists learn about γ-secretase, the crazier it looks to them...
San Diego: ApoE Effects Explored
Studies on ApoE have exploded since it was discovered that those carrying one copy of ApoE4 allele are more likely to get the disease than...
San Diego: AβPP—Can the Tail Wag the Dog?
Since the discovery that one peptide, amyloid-β, is the major constituent of amyloid plaques, there has been a tremendous focus on the N-terminal end of amyloid-β precursor protein...