Signs of Alzheimer's disease may be detectable before significant symptoms are obvious

by University of GlasgowCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHealthy people with a higher genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease may show differences in brain structure and in cognitive test scores

Updated on: April 08,2024

Signs of Alzheimer's disease may be detectable before significant symptoms are obvious

by University of GlasgowCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHealthy people with a higher genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease may show differences in brain structure and in cognitive test scores

Updated on:April 08,2024

Professional classical musicians are not protected from dementia

by University of HelsinkiListening and practicing music have been reported to have many beneficial effects on human health. The effect of music on human brain has been previously studied in young

Updated on: March 07,2024

Professional classical musicians are not protected from dementia

by University of HelsinkiListening and practicing music have been reported to have many beneficial effects on human health. The effect of music on human brain has been previously studied in young

Updated on:March 07,2024

Early abnormalities of Alzheimer's disease: It takes two (proteins) to tango

by McGill UniversityCredit: McGill UniversityFor years, neuroscientists have puzzled over how two abnormal proteins, called amyloid and tau, accumulate in the brain and damage it to cause Alzheim

Updated on: February 28,2024

Early abnormalities of Alzheimer's disease: It takes two (proteins) to tango

by McGill UniversityCredit: McGill UniversityFor years, neuroscientists have puzzled over how two abnormal proteins, called amyloid and tau, accumulate in the brain and damage it to cause Alzheim

Updated on:February 28,2024

New discovery for how the brain 'tangles' in Alzheimer's disease

by University of QueenslandCredit: Dr. Juan Polanco et. al., The University of Queensland.University of Queensland researchers have discovered a new 'seeding' process in brain cells that

Updated on: April 16,2024

New discovery for how the brain 'tangles' in Alzheimer's disease

by University of QueenslandCredit: Dr. Juan Polanco et. al., The University of Queensland.University of Queensland researchers have discovered a new 'seeding' process in brain cells that

Updated on:April 16,2024

How Alzheimer's disease spreads throughout the brain – new study

by Thomas E Cope,The ConversationHarmful tau protein spreads through networks.Alzheimer's disease is a devastating brain illness that affects anestimated 47m peopleworldwide. It

Updated on: April 10,2024

How Alzheimer's disease spreads throughout the brain – new study

by Thomas E Cope,The ConversationHarmful tau protein spreads through networks.Alzheimer's disease is a devastating brain illness that affects anestimated 47m peopleworldwide. It

Updated on:April 10,2024

Alzheimer's drug gantenerumab fails to slow decline in phase III clinical trial

by Alzheimer's Research UKCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe pharmaceutical company Roche has announced that two phase III trials of the potential Alzheimer's drug gantenerumab did not

Updated on: April 16,2024

Alzheimer's drug gantenerumab fails to slow decline in phase III clinical trial

by Alzheimer's Research UKCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe pharmaceutical company Roche has announced that two phase III trials of the potential Alzheimer's drug gantenerumab did not

Updated on:April 16,2024

A 'chemical metronome': Researchers uncover how astrocytes help the brain's master clock keep time

by Ryan O'Hare,Imperial College LondonCharacterization of phase relationship between Syn-jRCaMP1a and Syn-GABASnFR and theirsynchronization across the SCN network and single cells. Cre

Updated on: December 17,2024

A 'chemical metronome': Researchers uncover how astrocytes help the brain's master clock keep time

by Ryan O'Hare,Imperial College LondonCharacterization of phase relationship between Syn-jRCaMP1a and Syn-GABASnFR and theirsynchronization across the SCN network and single cells. Cre

Updated on:December 17,2024

Socioeconomic deprivation linked to higher risk of epilepsy related to traumatic brain injury

by Lori SolomonSocioeconomic deprivation increases the risk for sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and in some age groups, it may also increase the risk for epilepsy after a TBI, according to

Updated on: July 17,2024

Socioeconomic deprivation linked to higher risk of epilepsy related to traumatic brain injury

by Lori SolomonSocioeconomic deprivation increases the risk for sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and in some age groups, it may also increase the risk for epilepsy after a TBI, according to

Updated on:July 17,2024

Alternative understanding of brain leads to new treatments for stroke patients

by Aaron Wagner,Pennsylvania State UniversityThe idea of complimentary dominance — both hemispheres of the brain contribute to different aspects of movement in both halves of the body — was deve

Updated on: July 17,2024

Alternative understanding of brain leads to new treatments for stroke patients

by Aaron Wagner,Pennsylvania State UniversityThe idea of complimentary dominance — both hemispheres of the brain contribute to different aspects of movement in both halves of the body — was deve

Updated on:July 17,2024

Our minds may process language like chatbots, study reveals

byHebrew University of JerusalemZero-shot encoding and decoding analysis. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46631-yA recent study has found fascinating simi

Updated on: November 28,2024

Our minds may process language like chatbots, study reveals

byHebrew University of JerusalemZero-shot encoding and decoding analysis. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46631-yA recent study has found fascinating simi

Updated on:November 28,2024

Women more severely affected by Alzheimer's than men

by University of HertfordshireWomen with Alzheimer's have poorer cognitive abilities than men at the same stage of the disease, reveal academics from the University of Hertfordshire in a pape

Updated on: February 28,2024

Women more severely affected by Alzheimer's than men

by University of HertfordshireWomen with Alzheimer's have poorer cognitive abilities than men at the same stage of the disease, reveal academics from the University of Hertfordshire in a pape

Updated on:February 28,2024

FDA head calls for inquiry into Alzheimer's drug review

by Matthew PerroneThis image provided by Biogen on Monday, June 7, 2021 shows a vial and packaging for the drug Aduhelm. On Friday, July 9, 2021, the acting head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administrati

Updated on: March 30,2024

FDA head calls for inquiry into Alzheimer's drug review

by Matthew PerroneThis image provided by Biogen on Monday, June 7, 2021 shows a vial and packaging for the drug Aduhelm. On Friday, July 9, 2021, the acting head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administrati

Updated on:March 30,2024