From the Iowa State University press release: A new Iowa State University study may have identified the link that explains years of conflicting research over a mitochondrial gene and the risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Auriel Willette,…
From the NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine press release: Researchers have discovered a mechanism by which the body’s immune reaction to viruses like influenza and HIV may cause learning and…
From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) press release: New research from scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus shows that distant parts of the brain are called into action to store a…
From the Universität Bonn press release: A study led by the University of Bonn opens a new perspective with regard to the development of dementia. The scientists blocked the breakdown of a certain fat molecule in…
From the Universität Tubingen press release: Sleep helps us to retain the information that we have learned during the day. We know from animal experiments that new memories are reactivated during sleep. The brain replays…
From the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus press release: The evidence is clear. Physical activity is associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease, says a panel of researchers and not-for-profit leaders, led by UBC’s…
From the Karolinska Institutet press release: In a new study presented in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have measured how deposits of the pathological protein tau spread through the brain over the course of Alzheimer’s…
From the UC Riverside press release: Research published by scientists at the University of California, Riverside on “fear memory” could lead to the development of therapies that reduce the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).…
From the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care press release: A Baycrest Health Sciences researcher and clinician has developed the first group language intervention that helps individuals losing the ability to speak due to a rare form…
From the University of Bonn press release: Memory performance decreases with increasing age. Cannabis can reverse these ageing processes in the brain. This was shown in mice by scientists at the University of Bonn with…