Neurophysiological techniques (e.g., electroencephalography, EEG, transcranial magnetic stimulation, TMS) allow an informed investigation of the brain overexcitability underpinning the typical…
The discovery of how to shift damaged brain cells from a diseased state into a healthy one presents a potential new…
Mount Sinai researchers have achieved an unprecedented understanding of the genetic and molecular machinery in human microglia—immune cells that reside…
One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease is a reduction in the firing of some neurons in the brain, which…
An estimated 50 million people around the world have Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and perhaps twice that number are unknowingly “incubating”…
People with gut disorders may be at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). A world-first Edith Cowan University (ECU)…
A new study has revealed how tau – a microtubule-binding protein that is implicated in Alzheimer’s disease – weakens transmission…
The number of elderly suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease has been rapidly rising over the past decades. For a long time,…
They published a report of their findings in the journal Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences on 28. April 2022. Altered…
The research uses machine learning technology to look at structural features within the brain, including in regions not previously associated…
Dementia is one of the major causes of disability and dependency among older people worldwide, affecting thinking and behaviours as…
As rates of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia continue to rise in the U.S., new evidence suggests that…
A world-first treatment for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), developed by scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Prion Unit at UCL,…
Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have found that oral…
In a new study of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered that a relatively unstudied form of…
For more than 20 years, scientists have known that people with hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, or obesity have a higher…
As explained by Francisco Camarena, researcher at the Institute of Instrumentation for Molecular Imaging, a joint center between the UPV…
Not only does how well people with dementia sleep affect their symptoms the following day, but of particular significance is…
Researchers have found that a suite of complimentary tests can quantify changes in dogs suspected of suffering from cognitive decline….
A University of Arizona Health Sciences study found that a specific genotype of the APOE gene, better known as the Alzheimer’s gene,…
Women with multiple sclerosis (MS) are less likely to have breast cancers detected through cancer screenings than women without MS,…
Although symptoms of advanced Alzheimer’s disease are well known, diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in its earliest stages requires careful cognitive…
21 million. That’s the number of genetic variations in the human genome that researchers are sifting to identify patterns predisposing…
Inhibiting an important signaling pathway in brain-resident immune cells may calm brain inflammation and thereby slow the disease process in…
Research focused on the bioactive components of the strawberry variety Romina has shown the ability of this food to delay…
Identifying genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease is essential if we are to improve our understanding and treatment of it….
Nearly half of all older adults now die with a diagnosis of dementia listed on their medical record, up 36%…
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common and best known of the tauopathies, a set of neurodegenerative brain diseases caused by…
Life expectancy for individuals with Down syndrome has grown in recent decades, thanks in large part to progress in patient…
A Johns Hopkins Medicine study of about 50 people with Alzheimer’s disease has added to evidence that damage to the…