Alzheimer's discovery offers 'ray of light,' researchers say

By Eva Ferguson, Postmedia News;
CALGARY — A new study by researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute is challenging the conventional thinking about how brain cells die in Alzheimer's disease, and may one day lead to effective treatment for the memory-ravaging condition.
Researchers Peter Stys and Gerald Zamponi have shown that brain cells of Alzheimer's patients are dying because of malfunctions in key receptors known as NMDA receptors, which are critical for memory and learning...Continue reading...

A woman, suffering from Alzheimer's desease, walks in a corridor on March 18, 2011 in a retirement house in Angervilliers, France in a file photo. Gaudette says in all his years of working with Alzheimer's patients and their families, this is the most exciting discovery yet, calling it a potential "game changer" for everyone involved in dementia research and care.
Photograph by: Sebastien Bozon, AFP/Getty Images