Brain health 'Check-in' tool to help reduce dementia risk

by University College LondonCredit: Alzheimer's Research UKA free new digital tool has been launched by Alzheimer's Research UK, supported by evidence from UCL researchers, to help people

Updated on: April 29,2024

Brain health 'Check-in' tool to help reduce dementia risk

by University College LondonCredit: Alzheimer's Research UKA free new digital tool has been launched by Alzheimer's Research UK, supported by evidence from UCL researchers, to help people

Updated on:April 29,2024

Research suggests myelin fatty acid metabolism could serve as an energy reserve for the central nervous system

by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical XpressElectron microscopy image of optic nerve myelin. Credit: Wiebke Moebius, MPI Goettingen.The brains of mammals expend a significant amount of energy in the form of ade

Updated on: October 18,2024

Research suggests myelin fatty acid metabolism could serve as an energy reserve for the central nervous system

by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical XpressElectron microscopy image of optic nerve myelin. Credit: Wiebke Moebius, MPI Goettingen.The brains of mammals expend a significant amount of energy in the form of ade

Updated on:October 18,2024

Alzheimer's brain barrier damage theory could pave way for new treatments

by University of ReadingCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAlzheimer's Disease could be caused by damage to a protective barrier in the body that allows fatty substances to build up in the brai

Updated on: April 07,2024

Alzheimer's brain barrier damage theory could pave way for new treatments

by University of ReadingCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAlzheimer's Disease could be caused by damage to a protective barrier in the body that allows fatty substances to build up in the brai

Updated on:April 07,2024

First 'gene silencing' drug for Alzheimer's disease shows promise

by University College LondonEffect of MAPTRxon CSF concentrations of p-tau protein and tau/Aβ42. a, The mean percentage change from baseline in p-tau over time according to dose group. b, T

Updated on: March 30,2024

First 'gene silencing' drug for Alzheimer's disease shows promise

by University College LondonEffect of MAPTRxon CSF concentrations of p-tau protein and tau/Aβ42. a, The mean percentage change from baseline in p-tau over time according to dose group. b, T

Updated on:March 30,2024

How molecules in the zebrafish brain indicate it's time to quit a fight

byRIKENCredit:Current Biology(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.03.087Two RIKEN neuroscientists have uncovered a molecular switch in the zebrafish brain that causes a fish to quit fight

Updated on: January 12,2024

How molecules in the zebrafish brain indicate it's time to quit a fight

byRIKENCredit:Current Biology(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.03.087Two RIKEN neuroscientists have uncovered a molecular switch in the zebrafish brain that causes a fish to quit fight

Updated on:January 12,2024

Microscopic blood vessel disease in the brain's white matter associated with worse cognition in Alzheimer's

by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityDr. Zsolt Bagi with coauthors Katie Anne Fopiano, AU graduate student, and Dr. Yanna Tian, who just earned her graduate degree from AU and has s

Updated on: April 20,2024

Microscopic blood vessel disease in the brain's white matter associated with worse cognition in Alzheimer's

by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityDr. Zsolt Bagi with coauthors Katie Anne Fopiano, AU graduate student, and Dr. Yanna Tian, who just earned her graduate degree from AU and has s

Updated on:April 20,2024

Connections between addictive drugs and brain function in mice

by John Spizzirri,Argonne National LaboratoryFigure 1. Experimental design for dopamine connectomics. (A) Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) expressing Cre-dependent Apex2 were bilaterally injected

Updated on: February 05,2024

Connections between addictive drugs and brain function in mice

by John Spizzirri,Argonne National LaboratoryFigure 1. Experimental design for dopamine connectomics. (A) Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) expressing Cre-dependent Apex2 were bilaterally injected

Updated on:February 05,2024

Consistent gene changes in Alzheimer's disease across studies

by Society for NeuroscienceTop 20 up and down-regulated genes for late phase Alzheimer's disease. Credit: Zhuang et al.,eNeuro2019A comparison of mouse Alzheimer's disease mod

Updated on: April 16,2024

Consistent gene changes in Alzheimer's disease across studies

by Society for NeuroscienceTop 20 up and down-regulated genes for late phase Alzheimer's disease. Credit: Zhuang et al.,eNeuro2019A comparison of mouse Alzheimer's disease mod

Updated on:April 16,2024

How invisible presences hijack the social counting brain in Parkinson's disease

by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIf you had to estimate the number of people in a room, without counting them one by one, by nature you would overcount

Updated on: March 19,2024

How invisible presences hijack the social counting brain in Parkinson's disease

by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIf you had to estimate the number of people in a room, without counting them one by one, by nature you would overcount

Updated on:March 19,2024

Study suggests that attention networks support changes in cortical organization and cognition during childhood

by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical XpressVentral attention network areas demonstrate high population-level degree centrality but pronounced functional changes across development. Credit:Nature Neurosci

Updated on: September 23,2024

Study suggests that attention networks support changes in cortical organization and cognition during childhood

by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical XpressVentral attention network areas demonstrate high population-level degree centrality but pronounced functional changes across development. Credit:Nature Neurosci

Updated on:September 23,2024

'Care Chair' helps detect patients' movements, mental state

by Joe Mccune,Missouri University of Science and TechnologyDebraj De, a postdoctoral fellow at Missouri S&T, and S&T professor Sajal Das developed a chair sensor device that can detect a

Updated on: March 09,2024

'Care Chair' helps detect patients' movements, mental state

by Joe Mccune,Missouri University of Science and TechnologyDebraj De, a postdoctoral fellow at Missouri S&T, and S&T professor Sajal Das developed a chair sensor device that can detect a

Updated on:March 09,2024

How aggression-promoting brain peptide works in fruit flies

by Salk InstituteA fruit fly brain showing male-specific tachykininergic neurons (magenta), which make the neuropeptide tachykinin, and neurons that express TkR86C (green), which receive tachykin

Updated on: February 18,2024

How aggression-promoting brain peptide works in fruit flies

by Salk InstituteA fruit fly brain showing male-specific tachykininergic neurons (magenta), which make the neuropeptide tachykinin, and neurons that express TkR86C (green), which receive tachykin

Updated on:February 18,2024