Lewy bodies are found throughout the outer layer of the brain (the cerebral cortex) and deep inside the midbrain and brainstem. They can also be found in Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Down ...

Researchers do not deny that infections like influenza, herpes and Hepatitis-C an lead to Parkinson's disease. However, more ...

Oct. 8, 2024 — Scientists have recreated the growth of Lewy bodies in human neurons ... Parkinson's disease route to the brain starts in either the nose or the gut and proposes that ...

It’s characterized by an abnormal protein that accumulates in the brain known as alpha-synuclein, explains Dr. Bock. “Lewy body dementia can be caused by a condition called ‘dementia with ...

Axial Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company harnessing the gut–brain axis (G–BA ... formation of α-synuclein inclusion bodies (Lewy pathology) in several other brain ...

But an autopsy revealed he also suffered from Lewy body dementia (LBD), a brain disorder that affects more than a million Americans. According to The Alzheimer's Association, LBD is a type of ...

The nose or the gut? For the past two decades ... Over time, the protein accumulates in the brain in clumps, called Lewy bodies, and causes progressive dysfunction and death of many types of ...

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 ...

The finding, reported in the journal Nature, helps explain how clusters of neurons in the body play a key role in the gut-brain connection, a complex two-way communication system between the brain ...

Galvin, MD, MPH, director of the Comprehensive Center for Brain Health at the University ... Detailed data will be presented at the International Lewy Body Dementia Conference (ILBDC) in January ...