Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) has developed the SpineTool program, which analyzes the pattern of certain processes in brain cells, which could potentially lead to the emergence of effective methods for treating dementia, including drugs. In this respect informs Izvestia edition.
The processes in the brain cells that SpineTool analyzes are called “dendritic spines.” They are responsible for the neural connections in the brain and especially the recall of new information and skills, that is, memory and learning. The characteristics of dendritic spines change in neurodegenerative diseases.
“In Alzheimer’s, in Parkinson’s, the shape of the dendritic spines changes, [синдроме] Down and even when taking psychostimulants. We are talking about the development of any negative processes in the brain. “This happens very quickly and our software allows us to measure these changes,” said Ekaterina Pchitskaya, a researcher in the Molecular Neurodegeneration Laboratory of the SPbPU Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology.
Izvestia writes that the study of changes in dendritic spines under the influence of various factors can lead to the formation of effective methods for the treatment of dementia. Also, this type of treatment need not be medical. For example, Olga Valaeva, head of the Virtual Clinic SPC of the Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, said that exercise, cognitive stimulation and behavioral changes also positively affect neuronal flexibility, according to a number of studies.
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