From the University of Cambridge media release: The UK has seen a 20% fall in the incidence of dementia over the past two decades, according to new research from England, led by the University of Cambridge,…
From the University of Edinburgh media release: Vital clues about how the brain erases long term memories have been uncovered by researchers. The study in rats reveals how forgetting can be the result of an active…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign media release: Chemists have identified the complex chemical structure of the protein that stacks together to form fibrils in the brains of Parkinson’s disease patients. Armed with this knowledge,…
From the University of Southampton media release: A new study jointly led by the University of Southampton and King’s College London has found a link between gum disease and greater rates of cognitive decline in…
From the Saarland University media release: This is the first time a randomized, double-blind, clinical trial has shown that a nutritional intervention can help to conserve the ability of prodromal AD patients to carry out everyday…
From the SAGE media release: Hispanic women who identify as Black or another race have worse functional health than their counterparts who identify as White, according to new research. This research is part of a new…
From the Mayo Clinic media release: Alzheimer’s disease relentlessly targets large-scale brain networks that support the formation of new memories. However, it remains a mystery as to why the disease selectively targets memory-related brain networks and…
From the Society for Neuroscience media release: As brain cells age they lose the fibers that receive neural impulses, a change that may underlie cognitive decline. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine recently found a…
From the Wiley media release: What happens to our cognitive abilities as we age? Traditionally it is thought that age leads to a steady deterioration of cognitive function, but new research in Topics in Cognitive…
From the AFTAU press release via ScienceDaily: When it comes to Alzheimer’s disease, scientists usually — and understandably — look to the brain as their first center of attention. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University…