Mitochondrial DNA fragment losses predict Parkinson's disease before symptoms appear

byUniversity of BarcelonaImage of a fibroblast from a patient with Parkinson's disease. Mitochondria are shown in green and fragments of damaged mitochondria in red. Some of these fragments

Updated on: March 28,2024

Mitochondrial DNA fragment losses predict Parkinson's disease before symptoms appear

byUniversity of BarcelonaImage of a fibroblast from a patient with Parkinson's disease. Mitochondria are shown in green and fragments of damaged mitochondria in red. Some of these fragments

Updated on:March 28,2024

Investigational Alzheimer's drug improves biomarkers of the disease

by Washington University School of MedicineRandall Bateman, MD, director of the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network-Trials Unit (DIAN-TU), an ongoing international clinical trial to evaluate e

Updated on: April 16,2024

Investigational Alzheimer's drug improves biomarkers of the disease

by Washington University School of MedicineRandall Bateman, MD, director of the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network-Trials Unit (DIAN-TU), an ongoing international clinical trial to evaluate e

Updated on:April 16,2024

Neuroscientists find that animals replay incidentally encoded episodic memories

byIndiana UniversityGraphical abstract. Credit:Current Biology(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.043Indiana University neuroscientists have found the first evidence that rodents can

Updated on: March 13,2024

Neuroscientists find that animals replay incidentally encoded episodic memories

byIndiana UniversityGraphical abstract. Credit:Current Biology(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.043Indiana University neuroscientists have found the first evidence that rodents can

Updated on:March 13,2024

Focused ultrasound may open door to Alzheimer's treatment

by Radiological Society of North AmericaMRI and fused CT image shows three target sites selected in the brain within the hippocampus, a structure critical for memory and affected in patients with

Updated on: July 04,2024

Focused ultrasound may open door to Alzheimer's treatment

by Radiological Society of North AmericaMRI and fused CT image shows three target sites selected in the brain within the hippocampus, a structure critical for memory and affected in patients with

Updated on:July 04,2024

'Lesser of two evils' argument used to defend antipsychotic overuse for dementia

by University of ReadingCredit: University of ReadingThe increasing use of antipsychotic drugs to manage dementia in care homes has been explained by some practitioners as "the lesser of two

Updated on: March 09,2024

'Lesser of two evils' argument used to defend antipsychotic overuse for dementia

by University of ReadingCredit: University of ReadingThe increasing use of antipsychotic drugs to manage dementia in care homes has been explained by some practitioners as "the lesser of two

Updated on:March 09,2024

Alzheimer's patients are more often hospitalized after initiating antibiotic use

by University of Eastern FinlandCredit: CC0 Public DomainPeople with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are more often hospitalized after antibiotic initiation than people without AD, a new study from

Updated on: March 09,2024

Alzheimer's patients are more often hospitalized after initiating antibiotic use

by University of Eastern FinlandCredit: CC0 Public DomainPeople with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are more often hospitalized after antibiotic initiation than people without AD, a new study from

Updated on:March 09,2024

Innovative AI solution to classify epileptic seizures

by Carnegie Mellon Portugal ProgramExamples of detection and crop, when the bed and the patient were properly detected, surrounding scenery removed, with enough space left to capture the full scale of

Updated on: February 05,2024

Innovative AI solution to classify epileptic seizures

by Carnegie Mellon Portugal ProgramExamples of detection and crop, when the bed and the patient were properly detected, surrounding scenery removed, with enough space left to capture the full scale of

Updated on:February 05,2024

Schizophrenia may increase dementia risk by 2.5 times

by University College LondonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia are 2.5 times more likely than those without a psychotic disorder to eventually

Updated on: July 04,2024

Schizophrenia may increase dementia risk by 2.5 times

by University College LondonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia are 2.5 times more likely than those without a psychotic disorder to eventually

Updated on:July 04,2024

Artificial intelligence predicts dementia before onset of symptoms

by McGill UniversityCredit: McGill UniversityImagine if doctors could determine, many years in advance, who is likely to develop dementia. Such prognostic capabilities would give patients and the

Updated on: March 09,2024

Artificial intelligence predicts dementia before onset of symptoms

by McGill UniversityCredit: McGill UniversityImagine if doctors could determine, many years in advance, who is likely to develop dementia. Such prognostic capabilities would give patients and the

Updated on:March 09,2024

PET scans reveal key details of Alzheimer's protein growth in aging brains

by University of California - BerkeleyShown are PET scans that track tau (top row) and beta-amyloid from two normal older people and a patient with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The normal older

Updated on: February 28,2024

PET scans reveal key details of Alzheimer's protein growth in aging brains

by University of California - BerkeleyShown are PET scans that track tau (top row) and beta-amyloid from two normal older people and a patient with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The normal older

Updated on:February 28,2024

Researchers create a new window on leading genetic cause of Alzheimer's

by Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryWorkflow for molecular characterization of CSF-Lps.Lipoproteins are exchange labeled with a rhodamine-containing phospholipid and size distribution determi

Updated on: March 02,2024

Researchers create a new window on leading genetic cause of Alzheimer's

by Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryWorkflow for molecular characterization of CSF-Lps.Lipoproteins are exchange labeled with a rhodamine-containing phospholipid and size distribution determi

Updated on:March 02,2024

Salt-seeking behavior traced to specific brain neurons

byUniversity of IowaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainSalt, or more precisely the sodium it contains, is very much a "Goldilocks" nutrient. Low sodium levels cause a drop in blood volum

Updated on: January 19,2025

Salt-seeking behavior traced to specific brain neurons

byUniversity of IowaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainSalt, or more precisely the sodium it contains, is very much a "Goldilocks" nutrient. Low sodium levels cause a drop in blood volum

Updated on:January 19,2025