Abstract: Methods of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease are provided. At least five methods of diagnostic measurements are presented: Method 1: Integrated score; Method 2: Average aggregate area per number of aggregates; Method 3: Cell migration analysis; Method 4: Fractal analysis; Method 5: Lacunarity Analysis. In certain embodiments, a sample of a subject's skin provides a network of fibroblasts that is imaged and a fractal dimension of the image is calculated. The fractal dimension can be compared to an aged-matched control (non-Alzheimer's) database to determine if the subject has Alzheimer's disease. The network of fibroblasts may be cultured in a matrix, for example in a protein mixture.

Abstract: Dosing regimens and methods are disclosed for upregulating protein kinase C (PKC) while reducing subsequent downregulation, comprising administering a PKC activator once a week for three consecutive weeks followed by cessation of administration or dosing for three consecutive weeks. Also described are methods for improving or enhancing cognitive ability, preventing or treating cognitive impairment, preventing or treating a neurodegenerative disease or condition, and/or preventing or treating a disease or condition associated with neuronal or synaptic loss according to the disclosed regimens.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to PKC activators and combinations thereof. The disclosure further relates to compositions, kits, uses, and methods thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of activate an isoform of protein kinase C (PKC) for the treatment of neurological diseases including Alzheimer's disease and stroke using cyclopropanated or epoxidized derivatives of mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids. The present invention also relates to methods of reducing neurodegeneration using cyclopropanated or epoxidized derivatives of mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Abstract: A method for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) by administering to an AD patient a PKC activator, such as a bryostatin-1, without administering a NMDA receptor antagonist, such as memantine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of activate an isoform of protein kinase C (PKC) for the treatment of neurological diseases including Alzheimer's disease and stroke using cyclopropanated or epoxidized derivatives of mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids. The present invention also relates to methods of reducing neurodegeneration using cyclopropanated or epoxidized derivatives of mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Abstract: Dosing regimens and methods are disclosed for upregulating protein kinase C (PKC) while reducing subsequent downregulation, com-prising administering a PKC activator once a week for three consecutive weeks followed by cessation of administration or dosing for three consecut-ive weeks. Also described are methods for improving or enhancing cognitive ability, preventing or treating cognitive impairment, preventing or treating a neurodegenerative disease or condition, and/or preventing or treating a dis-ease or condition associated with neuronal or synaptic loss according to the disclosed regimens.

Abstract: A method for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) by administering to an AD patient a PKC activator, such as a bryostatin-1, without administering a NMDA receptor antagonist, such as memantine.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a peripheral diagnostic method for screening Alzheimer's disease in patients based on quantitatively measured complexity of skin-sampled fibroblast networks.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for determining whether a human subject is afflicted with AD or non-ADD when the subject is suspected of being afflicted with AD or non-ADD, comprising the steps of (a) synchronizing a population of suitable cells derived from the subject; and (b) in the resulting synchronized cell population, measuring the expression level of a gene known to be differentially expressed between corresponding synchronized cells derived from AD patients and those derived from non-ADD patients, whereby (i) the subject is afflicted with AD if the expression level measured in step (b) is consistent with that gene's expression level in corresponding synchronized cells derived from AD patients, and (ii) the subject is afflicted with non-ADD if the expression level measured in step (b) is consistent with that gene's expression level in corresponding synchronized cells derived from non-ADD patients. This invention also provides diagnostic methods based on NDS patient gene expression levels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of activate an isoform of protein kinase C (PKC) for the treatment of neurological diseases including Alzheimer's disease and stroke using cyclopropanated or epoxidized derivatives of mono- and polyunsaturted fatty acids. The present invention also relates to methods of reducing neurodegeneration using cyclopropanated or epoxidized derivatives of mono and polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes novel PKC-? activators chosen from halogenated esters of unsaturated fatty acids and derivatives thereof, including halogenated ester esters of both polyunsaturated and monunsaturated fatty acids and derivatives thereof. The disclosure further relates to compositions, kits, and methods for treatment using the halogenated esters.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of activate an isoform of protein kinase C (PKC) for the treatment of neurological diseases including Alzheimer's disease and stroke using cyclopropanated or epoxidized derivatives of mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids. The present invention also relates to methods of reducing neurodegeneration using cyclopropanated or epoxidized derivatives of mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a peripheral diagnostic method for screening Alzheimer's disease in patients based on quantitatively measured complexity of skin-sampled fibroblast networks.

Abstract: The present application provides methods for treating human subjects suffering from Rett Syndrome by administering PKC activators, for example, bryostatin 1, other bryostatins and bryologs. The present disclosure provides, according to certain embodiments, methods comprising administering to a subject with Rett syndrome a pharmaceutically effective amount of bryostatin 1.

Abstract: The invention provides for the use of protein kinase activators or boosters of nerve growth factor (NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) or other neurotrophic factors to treat head trauma. Specifically, the present invention provides methods of treating head trauma comprising the steps of identifying a subject having suffered a head trauma and administering to said subject an amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a protein kinase C (PKC) activator or 4-methylcatechol acetic acid (MCBA) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier effective to treat at least one symptom of head trauma.

Abstract: Provided herein are uses of pharmaceutically effective amounts of an inhibitor of an arginine methyltransferase alone or in combination with one or more bryostatins to promote regenerative synaptogenesis. Also provided are methods for promoting regenerative synaptogenesis in a patient by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of an inhibitor of an arginine methyltransferase alone or in combination with a PKC activator to the patient. Likewise, methods are also provided are methods for promoting dendritic maturation in a patient by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of an inhibitor of an arginine methyltransferase alone or in combination with a PKC activator to the patient, wherein the administration promotes synaptic formation in the hippocampus.

Abstract: Methods of detecting the signature of Alzheimer's disease before the clinical onset of the disease are disclosed, such as methods of diagnosing Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), monitoring the progress of MCI, and predicting the time to clinical onset of AD dementia. The methods use a Biomarker Severity Score, which corresponds to output signals of one or more biomarkers chosen from AD Index, Morphometric Imaging, and PKC Epsilon Biomarkers. Also disclosed are methods of screening for a compound useful for treating MCI or for preventing the clinical onset of AD dementia, as well as methods of evaluating or monitoring the therapeutic benefit of an agent for treating MCI or preventing the clinical onset of AD dementia.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compositions comprising bryostatin-1, and methods comprising administering a composition comprising bryostatin-1, to treat Niemann-Pick Type C in a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes novel PKC-? activators chosen from halogenated esters of unsaturated fatty acids and derivatives thereof, including halogenated esters of both polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids and derivatives thereof. The disclosure further relates to compositions, kits, and methods for treatment using the halogenated esters.