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UrduAstrocytes are the most abundant cells in the brain, yet there is still much to learn about them. For instance, it is known that when the brain is injured or diseased astrocytes are the first responders. They become reactive and…
Tag: Alzheimer’s Disease
The future of mind control
Why neuron-like implants could offer a better way to treat Alzheimer’s disease or post-traumatic str
Study links hearing aids to lower risk of dementia, depression and falls
Study of Medicare HMO participants, whose insurance covers part of hearing aid cost, reveals dispari
Can the Alzheimer’s brain regenerate and recover?
TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona Center for Innovation in Brain Science has received a $37.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to research a potential regenerative therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. A team led by Roberta Diaz…
Penn researcher Virginia M.Y. Lee, Ph.D., receives $3 million breakthrough prize
Award recognizes Lee’s work studying underlying mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases
Hearing aids may help reduce risks of dementia, depression, and falls
Use of hearing aids was linked with lower risks of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, depression, anxiety, and injurious falls in an analysis of medical information on 114,862 older adults with hearing loss. The findings are published in the…
Migraines linked to higher risk of dementia
Dementia is the most common neurological disease in older adults, whereas headaches, including migraines, are the most common neurological disorder across all ages. In a recent study in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry that included 679 community-dwelling adults aged…
Vast majority of dementia patients don’t receive specialty diagnosis and care, study finds
Researchers found the use of dementia specialty care is particularly low for Hispanics and Asians
New insights: Dementia, risk, risk reduction, and translation into practice
Noted experts report on the latest research into potential risk factors for dementia and how to redu
Temple scientists identify promising new target to combat Alzheimer’s disease
(Philadelphia, PA) – Sometimes the more a person tries to fix a seemingly minor problem, the worse things become. Cells are no different, it turns out, though attempting to compensate for what begins as a minor deficiency or dysfunction can…
Scientists link ‘hunger hormone’ to memory in Alzheimer’s study
Scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas have found evidence suggesting that resistance to the “hunger hormone” ghrelin in the brain is linked to the cognitive impairments and memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The findings, based on…
Creation of new brain cells plays an underappreciated role in Alzheimer’s disease
Research from UChicago shows how the process of creating new neurons can be disrupted by the brain’s
A new drug could revolutionize the treatment of neurological disorders
The international team of scientists from Gero Discovery LLC, the Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, and Nanosyn, Inc. has found a potential drug that may prevent neuronal death through glucose metabolism modification in stressed neurons. The positive results obtained…
High-fat diet in utero protects against Alzheimer’s later, Temple team shows in mice
(Philadelphia, PA) – A high-fat diet can carry health risks, but for mothers-to-be, it may make all the difference when it comes to Alzheimer’s disease prevention for their children. In a report published online August 26 in the journal Molecular…
How memories form and fade
Strong memories are encoded by teams of neurons working together in synchrony
Biophysicists discovered how ‘Australian’ mutation leads to Alzheimer’s disease
A team of scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (IBCh RAS) studied one hereditary genetic mutation to discover general molecular mechanisms that may lead both to early onset of Alzheimer’s…
Mapping the brain landscape for Alzheimer’s disease using artificial intelligence
A major research grant to explore Alzheimer’s disease in brains of individuals of Mexican, Cuban, Pu
Tweaked CRISPR in neurons gives scientists new power to probe brain diseases
A team of scientists at UC San Francisco and the National Institutes of Health have achieved another CRISPR first, one which may fundamentally alter the way scientists study brain diseases. In a paper published August 15 in the journal Neuron…
Adults with mild cognitive impairment can learn and benefit from mindfulness meditation
There’s currently no known way to prevent older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from developing Alzheimer’s disease. But there may be a safe and feasible non-pharmacological treatment that may help patients living with MCI, according to a small pilot…
New drug targets early instigator of Alzheimer’s disease
Over a hundred years after they were first identified, two ominous signposts of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remain central topics of research–both formed by sticky accumulations of protein in the brain. Amyloid beta solidifies into senile plaques, which congregate in the…
Migraine diagnoses positively associated with all-cause dementia
Frankfurt, Germany, August 14, 2019 – Several studies have recently focused on the association between migraine headaches and other headaches and dementia and found a positive migraine-dementia relationship. However, most of these studies have failed to simultaneously adjust for several…
Genes linked to Alzheimer’s risk, resilience ID’d
Genes in the brain’s immune cells may point to strategy to protect against the disease
Researchers are first to map molecular structure of protein aggregate variant that leads to Alzheimer’s
A research team including faculty at Binghamton University and University of Colorado Denver are the first to map the molecular structure of an aggressive protein aggregate that causes acceleration of Alzheimer’s disease.