For people with a certain sleep disorder, a simple blood test could help predict the development of dementia years before ...

Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a type of dementia caused by abnormal protein deposits in the brain, called Lewy bodies. The ...

The research findings primarily focus on individuals with a sleep disorder but may have broader implications. A recent study ...

LBD manifests through the accumulation of abnormal protein deposits, termed Lewy bodies, within brain cells responsible for ...

Lewy body dementia is caused by Lewy body disease, where there is an abnormal build-up of proteins which form structures inside brain cells called ‘Lewy bodies’. LBD can cause a wide range of symptoms ...

For people with a certain sleep disorder, a simple blood test could help predict the development of dementia years before symptoms appear, a new study indicates. Idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder ...

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Zervimesine is an investigational oral, once-daily pill being developed for the treatment of CNS diseases, including ...

Patients with this disease accumulate protein deposits, called Lewy bodies, in the brain’s nerve cells. This negatively affects cognitive ability, including attention, judgement, and reasoning ...

Parkinson's disease develops when the protein alpha-Syn forms clumps of tiny pathological fibers in the brain called Lewy bodies, which spread from brain cell to brain cell, and eventually trigger ...

Galvin, MD, MPH, Professor of Neurology at the Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Co-Principal Investigator of the RewinD-LB study and member of the Board at the Lewy Body Dementia Association ...