Tag: dementia

Study suggests Alzheimer’s-related changes progress in distinct stages

From the Technische Universität München press release via AlphaGalileo: Studying a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, neuroscientists at the Technische Universität München have observed correlations between increases in both soluble… Read more »

Researchers identify genes that affect risk of brain atrophy, mental illness and Alzheimer’s

From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: In the world’s largest brain study to date, a team of more than 200 scientists from 100 institutions worldwide collaborated to map the… Read more »

Study suggests MRI and neuropsychological tests are best at predicting Alzheimer’s in the elderly

From the IOS Press press release: Investigators from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, have shown that in most elderly patients invasive and expensive techniques, i.e. lumbar puncture and PET scan,… Read more »

Study suggests speaking more than one language can protect from dementia symptoms

From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: New research explains how speaking more than one language may translate to better mental health. A paper published by Cell Press in… Read more »