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  2. Cerebral atrophy - Wikipedia

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    Cerebral atrophy is a common feature of many of the diseases that affect the brain. [1] Atrophy of any tissue means a decrement in the size of the cell, which can be due to progressive loss of cytoplasmic proteins. In brain tissue, atrophy describes a loss of neurons and the connections between them.

  3. Cerebellar degeneration - Wikipedia

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    Cerebellar degeneration is a condition in which cerebellar cells, otherwise known as neurons, become damaged and progressively weaken in the cerebellum. [1] There are two types of cerebellar degeneration; paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration, and alcoholic or nutritional cerebellar degeneration. [2]

  4. Atrophy - Wikipedia

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    Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. Causes of atrophy include mutations (which can destroy the gene to build up the organ), poor nourishment, poor circulation, loss of hormonal support, loss of nerve supply to the target organ, excessive amount of apoptosis of cells, and disuse or lack of exercise or disease intrinsic to the tissue itself.

  5. Belly fat linked to signs of Alzheimer’s 20 years before ...

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    Brain atrophy is another biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease. Tau tangles identified for first time. The study has continued, adding an additional 48 participants to make a total of 80. The average ...

  6. Neurodegenerative disease - Wikipedia

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    Neurodegenerative diseases include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, multiple system atrophy, tauopathies, and prion diseases. Neurodegeneration can be found in the brain at many different levels of neuronal circuitry, ranging from molecular to systemic. [4]

  7. Signs of Alzheimer’s were everywhere. Then his brain improved

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    A September 2010 randomized controlled trial found that supplementation slowed brain atrophy in people with mild cognitive impairment. In the meantime, Nicholls, an avid researcher who loves to ...

  8. Denervation - Wikipedia

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    This magnified image of type 2 muscle fibers shows denervation atrophy occurring at the white spaces at the top left and bottom center of the image. The white space represents a disruption of the nerve fibers, resulting in a loss of nerve supply to the muscle fibers. Denervation is any loss of nerve supply regardless of the cause.

  9. What Is Low Testosterone & What Causes It? - AOL

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    Put simply, having low T doesn’t necessarily mean you’re infertile. It’s also very important to note that treating infertile men with testosterone makes infertility worse, not better.